The Resource Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific war : searching for Dorothy Lamour, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon
Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific war : searching for Dorothy Lamour, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- xv, 263 p.
- Contents
-
- Introduction: The wartime search for the South Seas
- Through Hollywood's lens : prewar visions of the South Pacific
- Wartime tourists on a Hollywood jungle set : anticipating the South Seas and encountering the South Pacific
- 'Dorothy Lamour Syndrome" : South Seas dreams and South Pacific disappointments
- "That gal's getting whiter every day" : servicemen's encounters with Islander women
- Combating South Seas disillusionment : a South Pacific education
- "Solitary jewels" or "Brazen, shameless hussies"? : Allied women in the wartime Pacific
- "Black white men" : African American encounters with the wartime Pacific
- Rainbow Island : wartime Hollywood and the South Seas
- South Seas savior : James A. Michener and postwar visions of the South Pacific
- Conclusion: The Queen of the Hollywood Islands
- Isbn
- 9780230116566
- Label
- Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific war : searching for Dorothy Lamour
- Title
- Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific war
- Title remainder
- searching for Dorothy Lamour
- Statement of responsibility
- Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon
- Subject
-
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Oceania
- Oceania -- Relations -- United States
- Culture in motion pictures
- Oceania -- In motion pictures
- United States -- Armed Forces | Foreign service -- Pacific Area
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- Oceania -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- United States -- Relations -- Oceania
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brawley, Sean
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Dixon, Chris
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- World War, 1939-1945
- Oceania
- Oceania
- Culture in motion pictures
- United States
- Oceania
- World War, 1939-1945
- Label
- Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific war : searching for Dorothy Lamour, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction: The wartime search for the South Seas -- Through Hollywood's lens : prewar visions of the South Pacific -- Wartime tourists on a Hollywood jungle set : anticipating the South Seas and encountering the South Pacific -- 'Dorothy Lamour Syndrome" : South Seas dreams and South Pacific disappointments -- "That gal's getting whiter every day" : servicemen's encounters with Islander women -- Combating South Seas disillusionment : a South Pacific education -- "Solitary jewels" or "Brazen, shameless hussies"? : Allied women in the wartime Pacific -- "Black white men" : African American encounters with the wartime Pacific -- Rainbow Island : wartime Hollywood and the South Seas -- South Seas savior : James A. Michener and postwar visions of the South Pacific -- Conclusion: The Queen of the Hollywood Islands
- Control code
- ocn757475530
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- xv, 263 p.
- Isbn
- 9780230116566
- Lccn
- 2012002900
- System control number
- (OCoLC)757475530
- Label
- Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific war : searching for Dorothy Lamour, Sean Brawley and Chris Dixon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction: The wartime search for the South Seas -- Through Hollywood's lens : prewar visions of the South Pacific -- Wartime tourists on a Hollywood jungle set : anticipating the South Seas and encountering the South Pacific -- 'Dorothy Lamour Syndrome" : South Seas dreams and South Pacific disappointments -- "That gal's getting whiter every day" : servicemen's encounters with Islander women -- Combating South Seas disillusionment : a South Pacific education -- "Solitary jewels" or "Brazen, shameless hussies"? : Allied women in the wartime Pacific -- "Black white men" : African American encounters with the wartime Pacific -- Rainbow Island : wartime Hollywood and the South Seas -- South Seas savior : James A. Michener and postwar visions of the South Pacific -- Conclusion: The Queen of the Hollywood Islands
- Control code
- ocn757475530
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Extent
- xv, 263 p.
- Isbn
- 9780230116566
- Lccn
- 2012002900
- System control number
- (OCoLC)757475530
Subject
- Culture in motion pictures
- Oceania -- In motion pictures
- Oceania -- Relations -- United States
- Oceania -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- United States -- Armed Forces | Foreign service -- Pacific Area
- United States -- Relations -- Oceania
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Oceania
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
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