{"product_id":"white-lens-on-brown-skin-matthew-b-locey-9781476689180","title":"White Lens on Brown Skin: The Sexualization of the Polynesian in American Film","description":"\u003cp\u003e From the earliest accounts of contact with Europeans, Polynesians have been perceived as sensual and sexual beings. By the late 1800s, publications, lectures and stage plays about the Pacific became popular across Europe, and often contained exotic and erotic components. This book details the fusion of truth and fiction in the representation of Pacific Islanders, focusing on the sexualization of Polynesians in American cinema and other forms of mass communications and commercial entertainment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With messaging almost subliminal to American audiences, the Hollywood media machine produced hundreds of tropical film titles with images of revealing grass skirts, scanty sarongs, female toplessness and glistening exposed male pectorals. This critical filmography demonstrates how the concept of \"sex sells,\" especially when applied on a large scale, shaped American social views on Polynesian people and their culture. Chapters document this phenomenon and an annotated filmography of sexualized tropes and several appendices conclude the book, including a glossary of Polynesian terms and a film index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew B. Locey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476689180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476689180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 5.83w x 0.55d","brand":"Matthew B. Locey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073698296063,"sku":"9781476689180","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35d44b44-ea77-4620-a161-9d7525125410.jpg?v=1685449369","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-lens-on-brown-skin-matthew-b-locey-9781476689180","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}