In this Book
- Islands of Empire: Pop Culture and U.S. Power
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of Texas Press
summary
Examining a broad range of pop culture media—film, television, journalism, advertisements, travel writing, and literature—Fojas explores the United States as an empire and how it has narrated its relationship to its island territories.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- IntroductionIslands of Empire
- pp. 1-30
- Chapter One: Foreign Domestics
- pp. 31-59
- Chapter Two: Imperial Grief
- pp. 60-92
- Chapter Three: Paradise, Hawaiian Style
- pp. 93-131
- Chapter Four: Tropical Metropolis
- pp. 132-166
- Chapter Five: The Guam Doctrine
- pp. 167-189
- Afterword: Whither Empire?
- pp. 190-204
- Works Cited
- pp. 215-222
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292756311
Related ISBN(s)
9780292756304
MARC Record
OCLC
867630894
Pages
252
Launched on MUSE
2014-05-06
Language
English
Open Access
No