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Dream factories of a former colony : American fantasies, Philippine cinema /

Philippine cinema, the dream factory of the former U.S. colony, teems with American figures and plots. Local movies feature GIs seeking Filipina brides, cold war spies hunting down native warlords, and American-born Filipinos wandering in the parental homeland. The American landscape furnishes the s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Capino, José B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a tale of two sisters
  • Visions of empire. Terror is a man : exploiting the horrors of empire
  • My brother is not a pig : American benevolence and Philippine sovereignty
  • (Not) searching for my father : GI babies and postcolonial futures
  • Transnational imaginings. The migrant woman's tale : on loving and leaving nations
  • Filipino American dreams : the cultural politics of diasporan films
  • Global ambitions. Naked brown brothers : exhibitionism and festival cinema
  • Philippine cinema's fatal attractions : appropriating Hollywood
  • Coda : a tale of two brothers.