Cold War orientalism : Asia in the middlebrow imagination, 1945-1961

Cold War orientalism : Asia in the middlebrow imagination, 1945-1961 / Christina Klein.

Author/creator	Klein, Christina, 1963-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Description	xiv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Orientalism--United States --History --20th century. Public opinion--United States. Asians in mass media. Cold War--Social aspects --United States. Popular culture--United States --History --20th century. Asia--Foreign public opinion, American. United States--Foreign relations --1945-1989. United States--Relations --Asia. Asia--Relations --United States. United States--Civilization --1945-

Contents	Sentimental education : creating a global imaginary of integration -- Reader's digest, Saturday review, and the middlebrow aesthetic of commitment -- How to be an American abroad : James Michener's The voice of Asia, and postwar mass tourism -- Family ties as political obligation : Oscar Hammerstein II, South Pacific, and the discourse of adoption -- Musicals and modernization : The king and I -- Asians in America : Flower drum song and Hawaii.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-302) index.
LCCN	2002013310
ISBN	0520224698 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0520232305 (paper : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS33.4.U6 K55 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold