Introduction: The American Empire in the South Pacific and Its Representation in Hollywood Cinema, 1898–Present

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The American Empire in the South Pacific and Its Representation in Hollywood Cinema, 1898–Present 1
5. 1. The South Pacific and Hawaii on Screen. Territorial Expansion and Cinematic Colonialism 9
6. 2. World War II Hawaii. Orientalism and the American Century 73
7. 3. Postwar Hawaii and the Birth of the Military-Industrial Complex 135
8. 4. Conclusion The New Cultural Amnesia in Contemporary Cinema and Television 195
9. Notes 219
10. Selected Bibliography 235
11. Index 243