Visualizing American Empire : Orientalism and Imperialism in the Philippines /

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In 1899 an American could open a newspaper and find outrageous images, such as an American soldier being injected with leprosy by Filipino insurgents. These kinds of hyperbolic accounts, David Brody argues in this illuminating book, were just one element of the visual and material culture that playe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brody, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
Imperialism in art.
HISTORY / General.
philippines, imperialism, orientalism, empire, visual culture, newspaper, journalism, hyperbole, urban planning, worlds fair, parade, maps, cartography, press, decor, tattoos, photographs, nonfiction, history, politics, spanish-american war, orient, art, design, domestication, colonialism, longfellow, morse, travelogues, architecture, george dewey, navy, soldier, military, heroism, taft, white house.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Strange Travelogues: Charles Longfellow in the Orient
  • 2. Domesticating the Orient: Edward Morse, Art Amateur, and the American Interior
  • 3. Disseminating Empire: Representing the Philippine Colony
  • 4. Mapping Empire: Cartography and American Imperialism in the Philippines
  • 5. Celebrating Empire: New York City's Victory Party for Naval Hero George Dewey
  • 6. Building Empire: Architecture and American Imperialism in the Philippines
  • Conclusion: Taft Decorates the White House
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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