Dream Factories of a Former Colony : American Fantasies, Philippine Cinema /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Capino, Jose B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Globalisering.
Kulturell påverkan.
USA.
Filippinerna.
Amerikabild
Film
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
Myth in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and transnationalism.
Motion pictures and globalization.
Motion pictures.
Imperialism in motion pictures.
Culture in motion pictures.
Civilization > American influences.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Cinema et mondialisation.
Cinema et transnationalisme.
Americains au cinema.
Culture au cinema.
Imperialisme au cinema.
Mythe au cinema.
Motion pictures > Philippines.
Philippinen
United States.
Philippines.
Philippines > Civilization > American influences.
United States > In motion pictures.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 settings for the triumphs and tragedies of Filipino nurses, GI babies, and migrant workers. By tracking American fantasies in Philippine movies from the postindependence period to the present, Jose B. Capino offers an innovative account of cinema's cultural work in decolonization and globalization. C.
Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816674985

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