Securing Paradise : Tourism and Militarism in Hawai'i and the Philippines /

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In Securing Paradise, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez shows how tourism and militarism have functioned together in Hawai`i and the Philippines, jointly empowering the United States to assert its geostrategic and economic interests in the Pacific. She does so by interpreting fiction, closely examining co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gonzalez, Vernadette Vicuña, 1973-
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tourism.
Militarism.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Militarisme > Hawaii.
Militarisme > Philippines.
Tourism > Hawaii.
Tourism > Philippines.
Militarism > Hawaii.
Militarism > Philippines.
Philippines.
Hawaii.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: military-tourism partnerships in Hawai'i and the Philippines
  • Manifest destinations and the work of tropical fictions
  • Scenic highways, masculinity, modernity, and mobility
  • Neoliberation and U.S.-Philippines circuits of sacrifice and gratitude
  • Remembering Pearl Harbor, reinforcing vigilance
  • The machine in the garden : helicopter airmobilities, aerial fields of vision, and surrogate tropics
  • Playing soldier and going native in Subic Freeport's jungle tour
  • Conclusion: insecurities, tourism, and terror.

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