Empire's proxy American literature and U.S. imperialism in the Philippines /

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1. Verfasser: Wesling, Meg
Körperschaft: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:America and the long 19th century.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: educated subjects: literary production, colonial expansion, and the pedagogical public sphere
  • The alchemy of English: colonial state-building and the imperial origins of American literary study
  • Empire's proxy: literary study as benevolent discipline
  • Agents of assimilation: female authority, male domesticity, and the familial dramas of colonial tutelage
  • The performance of patriotism: ironic affiliations and literary disruptions in Carlos Bulosan's America
  • Conclusion: "An empire of letters": literary tradition, national sovereignty, and neocolonialism.