Securing Paradise - Tourism and Militarism in Hawai''i and the Philippines

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

List of contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction. Military-Tourism Partnerships in Hawai'i and the Philippines 1

1. Manifest Destinations and the Work of Tropical Fictions 21

2. Scenic Highways, Masculinity, Modernity, and Mobility 49

3. Neoliberalization and U.S.-Philippines Circuits of Sacrifice and Gratitude 83

4. Remembering Pearl Harbor, Reinforcing Vigilance 115

5. The Machine in the Garden: Helicopter Airmobilities, Aerial Fields of Vision, and Surrogate Tropics 147

6. Playing Soldier and Going Native in Subic Freeport's Jungle Tour 181

Conclusion. Insecurities, Tourism, and Terror 215

Notes 225

Bibliography 253

Index 271

About the author

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez

Summary

Securing Paradise analyzes how cultures of U.S. imperialism are produced and sustained in Asia and the Pacific, particularly in Hawai i and the Philippines, by the mutually reinforcing dynamics of tourism and militarism.

Product details

• Authors: Vernadette Vicuna Gonzalez, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9780822353553
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5355-3
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies; Next Wave: New Directions in W; Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories