Securing paradise : tourism and militarism in Hawai'i and the Philippines / Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez.

Author/creator Gonzalez, Vernadette Vicuña, 1973- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationDurham : Duke University Press, 2013.
Description1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
Subjects

SeriesNext wave
Next wave (Duke University Press) ^A521132
Contents Introduction: military-tourism partnerships in Hawai'i and the Philippines -- Manifest destinations and the work of tropical fictions -- Scenic highways, masculinity, modernity, and mobility -- Neoliberation and U.S.-Philippines circuits of sacrifice and gratitude -- Remembering Pearl Harbor, reinforcing vigilance -- The machine in the garden : helicopter airmobilities, aerial fields of vision, and surrogate tropics -- Playing soldier and going native in Subic Freeport's jungle tour -- Conclusion: insecurities, tourism, and terror.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Securing paradise. Durham : Duke University Press, 2013 9780822353553 9780822353706
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780822395942 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0822395940 (electronic bk.)
ISBN1299677533 (ebk)
ISBN9781299677531 (ebk)
Stock number499003 MIL

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