Islands of empire pop culture and U.S. power / Camilla Fojas.

Author/creator Fojas, Camilla, 1971-
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoAustin : University of Texas Press, 2014.
Descriptionix, 238 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Preface: Our island frontier: the Philippines, Guam, Hawai'i, Puerto Rico, and Cuba -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Islands of empire -- Foreign domestics: the Filipino "home front" in World War II popular culture -- Imperial grief: loss and longing in Havana before Castro -- Paradise, Hawaiian style: pop tourism and the -- State of Hawai'i -- Tropical metropolis: west side stories and colonial redemption -- The Guam doctrine: colonial limbo in the Pacific -- Afterword: Whither empire? -- The colonial complex of U.S. popular culture.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013030222
ISBN9780292756304 (cloth : alk. paper)

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