Hard Sell of Paradise - Hawai''i, Hollywood, Tourism

Traces the complex and contradictory representations of Hawai'i in popular film and television programs from the 1930s to the 1970s.

About the author

Jason Sperb teaches English at Oklahoma State University. His previous books include Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South; Flickers of Film: Nostalgia in the Time of Digital Cinema; and Blossoms and Blood: Postmodern Media Culture and the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Sperb, Sperb Jason
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2022
• EAN: 9781438487748
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8774-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Suny Series, Horizons of Cinem; SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Television, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Social & cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, Local History, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, History of the Americas, Film Theory & Criticism, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states, Film history, theory or criticism, History of Performing Arts