Iconography of the New Empire: Race and Gender Images and the American Colonization of the Philippines (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789715425056)

This book makes a postcolonial reading of the American invasion and colonization of the Philippines in 1898. It considers how nineteenth-century American popular culture, specifically political cartoons and caricatures, influenced American foreign policy. These sources, drawn from several U.S. libraries and archives, show how race and gender ideologies significantly influenced the move of the U.S. to annex the Philippines. The book not only includes a significant collection of political cartoons and caricatures about Filipinos, it also offers an alternative interpretation of the reasons why the U.S. ventured into colonial expansion in Asia.

Author: Servando D. Halili Jr
ISBN-10: 9715425054
ISBN-13: 9789715425056
Publisher: University of the Philippines Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.10w x 0.64d