Brawley, Sean
Hollywood’s South Seas and the Pacific War
1. Introduction: The Wartime Search for the South Seas
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
2. Through Hollywood’s Lens: Prewar Visions of the South Pacific
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
3. Wartime Tourists on a Hollywood Jungle Set: Anticipating the South Seas and Encountering the South Pacific
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
4. “Dorothy Lamour Syndrome”: South Seas Dreams and South Pacific Disappointments
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
5. “That Gal’s Getting Whiter Every Day”: Servicemen’s Encounters with Islander Women
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
6. Combating South Seas Disillusionment: A South Pacific Education
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
7. “Solitary Jewels” or “Brazen, Shameless Hussies”? Allied Women in the Wartime Pacific
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
8. “Black White Men”: African American Encounters with the Wartime Pacific
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
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Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
10. South Seas Savior: James A. Michener and Postwar Visions of the South Pacific
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
11. Conclusion: The Queen of the Hollywood Islands
Sean Brawley, Chris Dixon
Keywords: History, History of Military, History of the Americas, History of World War II and the Holocaust, US History, Modern History, Cultural History
- Author(s)
- Brawley, Sean
- Dixon, Chris
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 278 pages
- Category
- History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137090676
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-29722-1