Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific war
Subtitle: searching for Dorothy Lamour
By: Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon
Contributors: Dixon, Chris, 1966-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230116566
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; HISTORY / Social History; Culture in motion pictures; Relations; In motion pictures; HISTORY / Military / United States; Foreign service; HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand; Social conditions; HISTORY / Military / World War II; Armed Forces
Description: "Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific War explores the expectations, experiences, and reactions of Allied servicemen and women who served in the wartime Pacific. Viewing the South Pacific through the lens of Hollywood's South Seas, Americans and their Allies expected to find glamorous women who resembled the famous "sarong girl," Dorothy Lamour. But Dorothy was nowhere to be seen. Despite those disappointments popular images proved resilient, and at war's end the "old" South Seas re-emerged almost unscathed. Based on extensive archival research, Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific War explores the intersections between military experiences and cultural history"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.