{"product_id":"dream-factories-of-a-former-colony-american-fantasies-philippine-cinema-paperback-softback-9780816669721","title":"Dream Factories of a Former Colony; American Fantasies, Philippine Cinema (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816669721","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDream Factories of a Former Colony\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAmerican Fantasies, Philippine Cinema\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosé B. Capino (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816669721\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.434 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A former colony of the United States, the Philippine nation has long had its own version of the American Dream, and JosÉ Capino does a superb job of analyzing how that bittersweet fantasy translates onto Philippine screens in this valuable book. With detailed examinations of key films from the Philippines as well as transnational productions, his groundbreaking study does so much more than provide an overview of Philippine cinema history; it makes a significant intervention in American\/Philippine cultural studies and provides a novel way of approaching the connection between colonialism and global screen culture.\" -Gina Marchetti, author of \u003ci\u003eRomance and the “Yellow Peril”:  Race, Sex and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePhilippine 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBy tracking American fantasies in Philippine movies from the postindependence period to the present, JosÉ B. Capino offers an innovative account of cinema's cultural work in decolonization and globalization. Capino examines how a third world nation's daydreams both articulate empire and mobilize against it, provide imaginary maps and fables of identity for its migrant workers and diasporan subjects, pose challenges to the alibis of patriarchy and nationalism, and open up paths for participating in the cultures of globality.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThrough close readings of more than twenty Philippine movies, Capino demonstrates the postcolonial imagination's vital role in generating pragmatic and utopian visions of living with empire. Illuminating an important but understudied cinema, he creates a model for understanding the U.S. image in the third world.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Note on Translations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: A Tale of Two Sisters\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Visions of Empire\u003cbr\u003e 1. Terror Is a Man: Exploiting the Horrors of Empire\u003cbr\u003e 2. My Brother Is Not a Pig: American Benevolence and Philippine Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003e 3. (Not) Searching for My Father: G.I. Babies and Postcolonial Futures\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Mobile Imaginaries\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Migrant Woman's Tale: On Loving and Leaving Nations\u003cbr\u003e 5. Filipino American Dreams: The Cultural Politics of Diasporan Films\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Global Ambitions\u003cbr\u003e 6. Naked Brown Brothers: Exhibitionism and Festival Cinema\u003cbr\u003e 7. Philippine Cinema's Fatal Attractions: Appropriating Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e Coda: A Tale of Two Brothers\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Filmography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570078478616,"sku":"9780816669721","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/dream-factories-of-a-former-colony-american-fantasies-philippine-cinema-paperback-softback-9780816669721","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}