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Body Parts of Empire
Nerissa S. Balce
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Description for Body Parts of Empire
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 44 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1FMP; 1KBB; AJCR; HBJF; HBJK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Body Parts of Empire is a study of abjection in American visual cultureand popular literature from the Philippine-American War (1899–1902).During this period, the American national territory expanded beyondits continental borders to islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean.Simultaneously, new technologies of vision emerged for imagining thehuman body, including the moving camera, stereoscopes, and moreefficient print technologies for mass media.
Rather than focusing on canonical American authors who wrote at thetime of U.S. imperialism, this book examines abject texts—images ofnaked savages, corpses, clothed native elites, and uniformed Americansoldiers as well as bodies of writing that document the goodwill andviolence of ... Read more
Body Parts of Empire is a study of abjection in American visual cultureand popular literature from the Philippine-American War (1899–1902).During this period, the American national territory expanded beyondits continental borders to islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean.Simultaneously, new technologies of vision emerged for imagining thehuman body, including the moving camera, stereoscopes, and moreefficient print technologies for mass media.
Rather than focusing on canonical American authors who wrote at thetime of U.S. imperialism, this book examines abject texts—images ofnaked savages, corpses, clothed native elites, and uniformed Americansoldiers as well as bodies of writing that document the goodwill andviolence of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472119783
SKU
V9780472119783
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About Nerissa S. Balce
Nerissa S. Balce is Assistant Professor of Asian and Asian AmericanStudies at the State University of New York, USA. Her work has appeared inSocial Text, Peace Review, and Critical Mass: A Journal of Asian AmericanCultural Criticism.
Reviews for Body Parts of Empire
“Balce has given us a valuable addition to a growing body of scholarshipon the entwined histories of the Philippines and the United States. Thisis a gracefully-written study that pulls in a wide range of scholarly textswhile simultaneously shining new light on both well-known and longforgottenarchives.” - Mark Rice, author of Dean Worcester’s Fantasy Islands