Hollywood's Hawaii : : Race, Nation, and War / / Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett.
Whether presented as exotic fantasy, a strategic location during World War II, or a site combining postwar leisure with military culture, Hawaii and the South Pacific figure prominently in the U.S. national imagination. Hollywood's Hawaii is the first full-length study of the film industry'...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | War Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 30 photographs |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The American Empire in the South Pacific and Its Representation in Hollywood Cinema, 1898-Present
- 1. The South Pacific and Hawaii on Screen. Territorial Expansion and Cinematic Colonialism
- 2. World War II Hawaii. Orientalism and the American Century
- 3. Postwar Hawaii and the Birth of the Military-Industrial Complex
- 4. Conclusion The New Cultural Amnesia in Contemporary Cinema and Television
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index