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Legitimizing empire : Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican cultural critique /

"When the United States acquired the Philippines and Puerto Rico, it reconciled its status as an empire with its anticolonial roots by claiming that it would altruistically establish democratic institutions in its new colonies. Ever since, Filipino and Puerto Rican artists have challenged promi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Caronan, Faye, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Colección:Asian American experience.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Consuming (Post)Colonial Culture: Multicultural Experiences in Travelogues and Ethnic Novels; 2. Revising the Colonialism-as-Romance Metaphor: From Conquest to Neocolonialis; 3. Bastards of U.S. Imperialism: Demanding Recognition in the American Family; 4. Performing Genealogies: Poetic Pedagogies of Disidentification; Conclusion: Imagining the End of Empire; Notes; Bibliography; Index.