Full Description
This book explores the expectations, experiences, and reactions of Allied servicemen and women who served in the wartime Pacific and viewed the South Pacific through the lens of Hollywood's South Seas. Based on extensive archival research, it explores the intersections between military experiences and cultural history.
Contents
Pardon My Sarong: Dorothy Lamour's Legacy The Wartime Search for the South Seas Through Hollywood's Lens: Prewar Visions of the South Pacific Wartime Tourists on a Hollywood Jungle Set: Anticipating the South Seas and Encountering the South Pacific 'Dorothy Lamour Syndrome': South Seas Dreams and South Pacific Disappointments 'That Gal's Getting Whiter Every Day': Servicemen's Encounters with Native Women Combating South Seas Disillusionment: A South Pacific Education 'Solitary Jewels' or 'Brazen, Shameless Hussies'?: Allied Women at War 'Black White Men': African-American Encounters with the Wartime Pacific Rainbow Island: Wartime Hollywood and the South Seas South Seas Savior: James A. Michener and Postwar Visions of the South Pacific The Queen of the Hollywood Islands
