Facing the Pacific : Polynesia and the U.S. imperial imagination /

The enduring popularity of Polynesia in western literature, art, and film attests to the pleasures that Pacific islands have, over the centuries, afforded the consuming gaze of the west--connoting solitude, release from cares, and, more recently, self-renewal away from urbanized modern life. Facing...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Geiger, Jeffrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Public opinion > United States > History > 20th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Imperialism in literature.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Opinion publique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Impérialisme au cinéma.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Imperialism
Imperialism in literature
Imperialism in motion pictures
International relations
Literature
Motion pictures
Popular culture
Public opinion
Public opinion, American
Oceania > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Oceania.
Oceania > Foreign public opinion, American.
Oceania > In literature.
Oceania > In motion pictures.
Océanie > Relations > États-Unis.
Océanie > Dans la littérature.
Océanie > Au cinéma.
Oceania
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The garden and the wilderness : tropes of order and disorder
  • Idylls and ruins : Frederick O'Brien in the Marquesas
  • Searching for Moana : Frances Hubbard and Robert J. Flaherty in Samoa
  • The front and back of paradise : W.S. Van Dyke and MGM in Tahiti
  • The homoerotic exotic : from C.W. Stoddard to Tabu.

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