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Aloha America : hula circuits through the U.S. empire /

Paying particular attention to hula performances that toured throughout the U.S. beginning in the late nineteenth century, Adria L. Imada investigates the role of hula in the American colonization of Hawai'i.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Imada, Adria L. (Adria Lyn)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
Colección:Online access with subscription: Duke University Press.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Aloha America
  • Lady Jane at the boathouse : the intercultural world of hula
  • Modern desires and counter-colonial tactics : gender, performance, and the erotics of empire
  • Impresarios on the midway : World's Fairs and colonial politics
  • "Hula queens" and "Cinderellas" : imagined intimacy in the empire
  • The troupes meet the troops : military photography and imperial hospitality in the Pacific theater
  • Epilogue : new hula movements
  • Appendix : Hawai'i exhibits at international expositions, 1894-1915.