Envisioning Asia: On Location, Travel, and the Cinematic Geography of U.S. Orientalism

Contents

Contents Introduction: On Location and the Production of Place 1 chapter one “To travel is to possess the world”: The Illustrated Travel Lectures of E. Burton Holmes 27 chapter two Asia in Early American Cinema: From Street Scenes to War Stories 69 chapter three Knowing China: Accuracy, Authenticity, and The Good Earth 113 chapter four At Home in the World: Occupied Japan and the American Century 157 Conclusion 201 Notes 215 Selected Bibliography 245 Index 261 ...