Adria L Imada

Aloha America

Hula Circuits Through the U.S. Empire

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Paying particular attention to hula performances that toured throughout the U.S. beginning in the late nineteenth century, Adria L. Imada investigates the role of hula in the American colonization of Hawai'i.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780822351962
• ISBN-10: 082235196X
• Artikelnr.: 35212006

Autorenporträt

Adria L. Imada

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Language ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction. Aloha America 1
1. Lady Jane at the Boathouse: The Intercultural World of Hula 29
2. Modern Desires and Counter-Colonial Tactics: Gender, Performance, and
the Erotics of Empire 59
3. Impresarios on the Midway: World's Fairs and Colonial Politics 103
4. "Hula Queens" and "Cinderella": Imagined Intimacy in the Empire 153
5. The Troupes Meet the Troops: Imperial Hospitality and Military
Photography in the Pacific Theater 213
Epilogue. New Hula Movements 255
Chronology. Hawai'i Exhibits at International Expositions, 1894¿1915 269
Abbreviations of Collections, Libraries, and Archives 271
Notes 273
Glossary 337
Bibliography 339
Index 357