Empire's proxy American literature and U.S. imperialism in the Philippines / [electronic resource] :
Meg Wesling.
- New York : New York University Press, 2011.
- xii, 235 p. : ill.
- America and the long 19th century .
- America and the long 19th century. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: educated subjects: literary production, colonial expansion, and the pedagogical public sphere -- The alchemy of English: colonial state-building and the imperial origins of American literary study -- Empire's proxy: literary study as benevolent discipline -- Agents of assimilation: female authority, male domesticity, and the familial dramas of colonial tutelage -- The performance of patriotism: ironic affiliations and literary disruptions in Carlos Bulosan's America -- Conclusion: "An empire of letters": literary tradition, national sovereignty, and neocolonialism.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century Imperialism in literature. Philippine literature (English) Americans--Philippines. American literature--Filipino American authors--History and criticism. National characteristics, American, in literature.
United States--Relations--Philippines. Philippines--Relations--United States.