 | American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America Subjects: Filipino Americans -- Race identity; United States -- Race relations; Racism in popular culture -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Philippines; Philippines -- Relations -- United States; Postcolonialism; Imperialism -- History; Filipino Ameri; In American Tropics, Allan Punzalan Isaac explores American fantasies about the Philippines and other unincorporateda parts of the US nation that obscure the contradictions of a democratic country possessing colonies. Isaac examines the American empires images of the Philippines in Hollywood films such as Blue Hawaii and novels such as Carlos Bulosan's America Is in the Heart and Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters." |
