Envisioning Asia
Subtitle: on location, travel, and the cinematic geography of U.S. orientalism
By: Jeanette Roan.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ann Abor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780472070831; 9780472050833
Subjects: Asians in motion pictures; Culture in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Documentary films -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Asia -- In motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: To travel is to possess the world" : the illustrated travel lectures of E. Burton Holmes; title: Asia in early American cinema : from street scenes to war stories; title: Knowing China : accuracy, authenticity, and The good earth; title: At home in the world : Occupied Japan and the American century; title: Conclusion : seeing through the screen.