The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / John R. Eperjesi ; foreword by Donald E. Pease.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eperjesi, John R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature--Asian influences.

Imperialism in literature.

Relations.

Asia--In literature.

Asia.

Pacific Area--Foreign public opinion, American.

Pacific Area.

Pacific Area--Relations--United States.

United States--Relations--Pacific Area.

United States.

Asia--Foreign public opinion, American.

United States--Relations--Asia.

Asia--Relations--United States.

Pacific Area--In literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 194 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover, NH : Dartmouth College Press : Published by University Press of New England, [2005]

Summary:

Tracing the construction of an American Pacific.

Contents:

Introduction : the American Pacific : an errand into Oceania

The "superlative and poetry of commerce" : scattered origins of an American Pacific frontier

An American Pacific Jeremiad : Frank Norris's The octopus and U.S. imperialism

The American Asiatic association and the imperialist imaginary of the American Pacific

Becoming Hawaiian : Jack London, cultural tourism, and the myth of Hawaiian exceptionalism

Maxine Hong Kingston's China men : frontiers of the Chinese American Pacific

Memories of a forgotten war : a Filipino/American ghost story

Conclusion : outside in the American Pacific.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-189) and index.

ISBN:

1584654341

158465435X

OCLC:

56324727