Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Bridges of light -- Sun child, 1980-1990 -- Harvard man, 1993-1997 -- Lady Wedgwood, 2000-2002.…”

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Rape fantasy: The Cheat and Broken blossoms -- The Threat of captivity: The Bitter tea of General Yen and Shanghai express -- Passport seductions: Lady of the tropics -- The scream of the butterfly: Madame Butterfly, China gate, and "The Lady from yesterday" -- White knights in Hong Kong: Love is a many splendored thing and The World of Suzie Wong -- Tragic and transcendent love: Sayonara and The Crimson kimono -- Japanese war brides: domesticity and assimilation in Japanese war bride and Bridge to the sun -- The Return of the butterfly: the geisha masquerade in My geisha and "An American geisha" -- Conclusion: the postmodern spectacle of race and romance in Year of the dragon…”