Hollywood's Hawaii : race, nation, and war / Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett.

By:

Konzett, Delia Caparoso [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813587462

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PN1995 .H655 2017

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Contents:

The South Pacific and Hawaii on screen: territorial expansion and cinematic colonialism -- World War II Hawaii: Orientalism and the American century -- Postwar Hawaii and the birth of the military industrial complex -- Conclusion: Hawaii in contemporary cinema and television: the new cultural amnesia.

Subject: Hollywood's Hawaii is the first full-length study of the film industry's intense engagement with Hawaii and the South Pacific from 1898 to the present. This book presents a history of cinema that examines Hawaii and the Pacific and its representation in film in the context of colonialism, war, Orientalism, occupation, military buildup, and entertainment.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PN1995.9.38 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn982958343

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: The American empire in the South Pacific and its representation in Hollywood cinema, 1898-present -- The South Pacific and Hawaii on screen: territorial expansion and cinematic colonialism -- World War II Hawaii: Orientalism and the American century -- Postwar Hawaii and the birth of the military industrial complex -- Conclusion: Hawaii in contemporary cinema and television: the new cultural amnesia.

Hollywood's Hawaii is the first full-length study of the film industry's intense engagement with Hawaii and the South Pacific from 1898 to the present. This book presents a history of cinema that examines Hawaii and the Pacific and its representation in film in the context of colonialism, war, Orientalism, occupation, military buildup, and entertainment.

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