Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific War Searching for Dorothy Lamour

Name: Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific War Searching for Dorothy Lamour
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ISBN: 9780230116566

ISBN-10: 0230116566

ISBN-13: 9780230116566

Edition: 2012

Authors: Chris Dixon, Sean Brawley

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List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 7/25/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 263
Size: 5.70" wide x 8.84" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface: Pardon My Sarong-Dorothy Lamour's Legacy


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


Notes


Bibliography


Index