Legitimizing Empire : Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican Cultural Critique /

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"After the Spanish-American War, the United States acquired overseas colonies and became an empire. Since the advent of U.S. colonialism in the Philippines and Puerto Rico, to reconcile its new status as an overseas empire with its anticolonial roots, the United States distinguished itself from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caronan, Faye, 1979-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
International relations.
Imperialism.
HISTORY > Latin America > Central America.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Imperialisme.
United States.
Puerto Rico.
Philippines.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Porto Rico > Relations > États-Unis.
United States > Race relations.
Puerto Rico > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Puerto Rico.
Philippines > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Philippines.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Consuming (Post)Colonial Culture: Multicultural Experiences in Travelogues and Ethnic Novels; 2. Revising the Colonialism-as-Romance Metaphor: From Conquest to Neocolonialis; 3. Bastards of U.S. Imperialism: Demanding Recognition in the American Family; 4. Performing Genealogies: Poetic Pedagogies of Disidentification; Conclusion: Imagining the End of Empire; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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