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Autore |
Roan Jeanette <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Envisioning Asia : on location, travel, and the cinematic geography of U.S. orientalism / / Jeanette Roan |
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2010 |
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1-282-87423-3 |
9786612874239 |
0-472-02706-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Asians in motion pictures |
Culture in motion pictures |
Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century |
Documentary films - United States - History - 20th century |
Asia In motion pictures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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"To travel is to possess the world" : the illustrated travel lectures of E. Burton Holmes -- Asia in early American cinema : from street scenes to war stories -- Knowing China : accuracy, authenticity, and The good earth -- At home in the world : occupied Japan and the American century. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Film provides a window into American culture and its attitudes toward Asia of the first half of the 20th century. |
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