Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez

Securing Paradise

Tourism and Militarism in Hawai'i and the Philippines

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780822353706
• ISBN-10: 0822353709
• Artikelnr.: 36838930

Autorenporträt

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at M¿noa.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. Military-Tourism Partnerships in Hawai'i and the Philippines
1
1. Manifest Destinations and the Work of Tropical Fictions 21
2. Scenic Highways, Masculinity, Modernity, and Mobility 49
3. Neoliberalization and U.S.-Philippines Circuits of Sacrifice and
Gratitude 83
4. Remembering Pearl Harbor, Reinforcing Vigilance 115
5. The Machine in the Garden: Helicopter Airmobilities, Aerial Fields of
Vision, and Surrogate Tropics 147
6. Playing Soldier and Going Native in Subic Freeport's Jungle Tour 181
Conclusion. Insecurities, Tourism, and Terror 215
Notes 225
Bibliography 253
Index 271