Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Title Information: |
American literature and U.S. imperialism in the Philippines |
Author: |
WeslingMeg, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
New York |
Published: |
New York University Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2011 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 235 p.)ill. : |
Series: |
America and the long 19th century |
Subject: |
National characteristics, American, in literature - |
Subject: |
American literature - Filipino American authors - |
Subject: |
Americans - Philippines - |
Subject: |
Philippine literature (English) - |
Subject: |
Imperialism in literature - |
Subject: |
American literature - History and criticism - 19th century - |
Subject: |
Philippines - Relations - United States - |
Subject: |
United States - Relations - Philippines - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814795415/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-228) and index |
ISBN: |
9780814795415electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
0814795412electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9780814794760hbk. |
ISBN: |
0814794769hbk. |
ISBN: |
9780814794777pbk. |
ISBN: |
0814794777pbk. |
ISBN: |
9780814794784 |
ISBN: |
0814794785 |
Content Note: |
Introduction: educated subjects: literary production, colonial expansion, and the pedagogicalpublic sphere -- The alchemy of English: colonial state-building and the imperial origins of American literary study-- Empire's proxy: literary study as benevolent discipline -- Agents of assimilation: female authority, male domesticity, and the familial dramas of colonial tutelage -- The performance of patriotism: ironic affiliations and literary disruptions in Carlos Bulosan's America -- Conclusion: "An empire of letters": literary tradition, national sovereignty,and neocolonialism |