Dream factories of a former colony
Subtitle: American fantasies, Philippine cinema
By: José B. Capino
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780816669714; 9780816669721
Subjects: Motion pictures; Culture in motion pictures; Motion pictures and globalization; Motion pictures and transnationalism; In motion pictures; Civilization; Imperialism in motion pictures; National characteristics, American, in motion pictures; Myth in motion pictures; American influences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a tale of two sisters; title: Visions of empire. Terror is a man : exploiting the horrors of empire; title: My brother is not a pig : American benevolence and Philippine sovereignty; title: (Not) searching for my father : GI babies and postcolonial futures; title: Mobile imaginaries. The migrant woman's tale : on loving and leaving nations; title: Filipino American dreams : the cultural politics of diasporan films; title: Global ambitions. Naked brown brothers exhibitionism and festival cinema; title: Philippine cinema's fatal attractions appropriating Hollywood; title: Coda : a tale of two brothers.