BOOKS
Empire's proxy : American literature and US imperialism in the Philippines

Publisher: New York University Press,


Title Details
  • Empire's proxy :
Publishers
  • New York :New York University Press,c2011.
Descriptions
  • xii, 235 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Isbn
    9780814794777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects
  • American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
  • Imperialism in literature.
  • Philippine literature (English)
  • Americans -- Philippines.
  • American literature -- Filipino American authors -- History and criticism.
  • National characteristics, American, in literature.
  • United States -- Relations -- Philippines.
  • Philippines -- Relations -- United States.
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Place
  • United States
  • Philippines
Location MAIN
Item Call Number PS 217 .I47 W48 2011
Copynumber 1
Status Available
Barcode 16610
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9780814794777 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - PS 217 .I47
  • Item number - W48 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
  • Classification number - 810.9/358599032
  • Edition number - 22
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Wesling, Meg.
Title Statement
  • Title - Empire's proxy :
  • Remainder of title - American literature and U.S. imperialism in the Philippines /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc - Meg Wesling.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc - New York :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc - New York University Press,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc - c2011.
Physical Description
  • Extent - xii, 235 p. :
  • Other physical details - ill. ;
  • Dimensions - 23 cm.
Series Statement
  • Series statement - America and the long 19th century
Bibliography, Etc. Note
  • Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-228) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - 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.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - American literature
  • Chronological subdivision - 19th century
  • General subdivision - History and criticism.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Imperialism in literature.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Philippine literature (English)
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Americans
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - American literature
  • General subdivision - History and criticism.
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - National characteristics, American, in literature.
Subject Geographic Name
  • Geographic name - United States
  • General subdivision - Relations
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines.
  • Geographic name - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Relations
  • Geographic subdivision - United States.