Wesling, Meg.

Empire's proxy : American literature and U.S. imperialism in the Philippines / Meg Wesling. - c2011. - 1 online resource - America and the long 19th century .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-228) 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.


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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.


Electronic books.

PS217.I47 / W48 2011

810.9/358599032

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