American Tropics : Articulating Filipino America /
In American Tropics, Allan Punzalan Isaac explores American fantasies about the Philippines and other "unincorporated" parts of the US nation that obscure the contradictions of a democratic country possessing colonies. Isaac examines the American empires images of the Philippines in Hollyw...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2006.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | In American Tropics, Allan Punzalan Isaac explores American fantasies about the Philippines and other "unincorporated" parts of the US nation that obscure the contradictions of a democratic country possessing colonies. Isaac examines the American empires images of the Philippines in Hollywood films such as Blue Hawaii and novels such as Carlos Bulosan's America Is in the Heart and Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (256 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780816695553 |