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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812035703321

Autore

Capino Jose B

Titolo

Dream factories of a former colony : American fantasies, Philippine cinema / / Jose B. Capino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8166-7498-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Disciplina

791.4309599

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Philippines

Myth in motion pictures

Imperialism in motion pictures

Culture in motion pictures

National characteristics, American, in motion pictures

Motion pictures and transnationalism

Motion pictures and globalization

United States In motion pictures

Philippines Civilization American influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : a tale of two sisters -- Visions of empire. Terror is a man : exploiting the horrors of empire -- My brother is not a pig : American benevolence and Philippine sovereignty -- (Not) searching for my father : GI babies and postcolonial futures -- Mobile imaginaries. The migrant woman's tale : on loving and leaving nations -- Filipino American dreams : the cultural politics of diasporan films -- Global ambitions. Naked brown brothers exhibitionism and festival cinema -- Philippine cinema's fatal attractions appropriating Hollywood -- Coda : a tale of two brothers.

Sommario/riassunto

Philippine cinema, the dream factory of the former U.S. colony, teems with American figures and plots. Local movies feature GIs seeking Filipina brides, cold war spies hunting down native warlords, and American-born Filipinos wandering in the parental homeland. The American landscape furnishes the settings for the triumphs and



tragedies of Filipino nurses, GI babies, and migrant workers. By tracking American fantasies in Philippine movies from the postindependence period to the present, JoseĢ B. Capino offers an innovative account of cinema's cultural work in decolonization and globalization. C