Dream Factories of a Former Colony American Fantasies, Philippine Cinema

• Main Author: Capino, José B.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press 2010
• Edition: NED - New edition
• Subjects: American influences; Career development; Civilization; Culture in motion pictures; Film & Video; Film Studies; History & Criticism; Imperialism in motion pictures; In motion pictures; Motion pictures; Motion pictures > Philippines; Motion pictures and globalization; Motion pictures and transnationalism; Myth in motion pictures; National characteristics, American, in motion pictures; PERFORMING ARTS; Philippines; Philippines > Civilization > American influences; Success in business; United States; United States > In motion pictures

By tracking American fantasies in Philippine movies from the postindependence period to the present, José B. Capino offers an innovative account of cinema’s cultural work in decolonization and globalization. Through close readings of more than twenty Philippine movies, Capino demonstrates the postco...