Hollywood’s Hawaii is the first full-length study of the film industry’s intense engagement with Hawaii and the South Pacific from 1898 to the present. This book presents a history of cinema that examines Hawaii and the Pacific and its representation in film in the context of colonialism, war, Orientalism, occupation, military buildup, and entertainment. 
 

Acknowledgments
 

Introduction The American Empire in the South Pacific and Its Representation in Hollywood Cinema: 1898–Present

1 The South Pacific and Hawaii on Screen: Territorial Expansion and Cinematic Colonialism

2 World War II Hawaii: Orientalism and the American Century

3 Postwar Hawaii and the Birth of the Military Industrial Complex

Conclusion Hawaii in Contemporary Cinema and Television: The New Cultural Amnesia
 

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Selected Bibliography