Body parts of empire : visual abjection, Filipino images, and the American archive /

Body parts of empire : visual abjection, Filipino images, and the American archive /

"Body Parts of Empire is a study of abjection in American visual culture and popular literature from the Philippine-American War (1899-1902). During this period, the American national territory expanded beyond its continental borders to islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean. Simultaneously,...

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Main Author: Balce, Nerissa (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1899-1902
Imperialism > Social aspects > United States > History.
Visual communication > Political aspects > United States > History.
Human body > Political aspects > United States > History.
Racism > Political aspects > United States > History.
Sex > Political aspects > United States > History.
Philippines > History > Philippine American War, 1899-1902 > Social aspects.
Philippines > History > Philippine American War, 1899-1902 > Sources.
Philippines > Colonization > Social aspects > History.
Philippines > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Philippines.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction. Nothing but Objects: America's Shadow Archive; Chapter 1. The Abject Archive of the Philippine-American War; Chapter 2. Face: Necropolitics and the U.S. Imperial Photography Complex; Chapter 3. Skin: Lynching, Empire, and the Black Press during the Philippine-American War; Chapter 4. The Bile of Race: White Women's Travel Writing on the Philippine-American War; Conclusion. Blood and Bones: The Romance of Counterinsurgency; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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