Legitimizing Empire : Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican Cultural Critique.
Title:
Legitimizing Empire : Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican Cultural Critique.
Author:
Caronan, Faye.
ISBN:
9780252097300
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Series:
The Asian American Experience
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Consuming (Post)Colonial Culture: Multicultural Experiences in Travelogues and Ethnic Novels -- 2. Revising the Colonialism-as-Romance Metaphor: From Conquest to Neocolonialis -- 3. Bastards of U.S. Imperialism: Demanding Recognition in the American Family -- 4. Performing Genealogies: Poetic Pedagogies of Disidentification -- Conclusion: Imagining the End of Empire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
How two colonial narratives complicate the mythology of U.S. exceptionalism.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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