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Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett - Hollywood´s Hawaii: Race, Nation, and War - 9780813587448 - V9780813587448
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Hollywood´s Hawaii: Race, Nation, and War

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Description for Hollywood´s Hawaii: Race, Nation, and War Hardback. .
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’s intense engagement with the Pacific region from 1898 to the present.
 
Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett highlights films that mirror the cultural and political climate of the country over more than a century—from the era of U.S. imperialism on through Jim Crow racial segregation, the attack on Pearl Harbor and WWII, the civil rights ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
War Culture Series
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813587448
SKU
V9780813587448
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Delia Malia Caparoso Konzett
DELIA MALIA CAPAROSO KONZETT is an associate professor of English, cinema, and women’s studies at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. She is the author of Ethnic Modernisms: Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, and the Aesthetics of Dislocation.  

Reviews for Hollywood´s Hawaii: Race, Nation, and War
"This book covers an entire history of 'Hollywood Hawaii' and does it in a superlative, utterly inclusive manner—in a text that is clear, concise, and deeply informative. This is a model of accessible, yet reliable scholarship."  
Wheeler Winston Dixon
author of Black and White Cinema: A Short History
"A marvelously comprehensive gaze at cinematic representations ... Read more

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