Aloha America : hula circuits through the U.S. empire /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Imada, Adria L. (Adria Lyn)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Hula (Dance) > Social aspects. Hula (Dance) > Political aspects. Hawaii > Relations > United States. United States > Relations > Hawaii.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Aloha America
Lady Jane at the boathouse : the intercultural world of hula
Modern desires and counter-colonial tactics : gender, performance, and the erotics of empire
Impresarios on the midway : World's Fairs and colonial politics
"Hula queens" and "Cinderellas" : imagined intimacy in the empire
The troupes meet the troops : military photography and imperial hospitality in the Pacific theater
Epilogue : new hula movements
Appendix : Hawai'i exhibits at international expositions, 1894-1915.