Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific war

Description:

"Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific War explores the expectations, experiences, and reactions of Allied servicemen and women who served in the wartime Pacific. Viewing the South Pacific through the lens of Hollywood's South Seas, Americans and their Allies expected to find glamorous women who resembled the famous "sarong girl," Dorothy Lamour. But Dorothy was nowhere to be seen. Despite those disappointments popular images proved resilient, and at war's end the "old" South Seas re-emerged almost unscathed. Based on extensive archival research, Hollywood's South Seas and the Pacific War explores the intersections between military experiences and cultural history"--

subjects: World War, 1939-1945,  HISTORY / Social History,  Culture in motion pictures,  Relations,  In motion pictures,  HISTORY / Military / United States,  Foreign service,  HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand,  Social conditions,  HISTORY / Military / World War II,  Armed Forces,  World war, 1939-1945, social aspects,  World war, 1939-1945, oceania,  World war, 1939-1945, united states,  United states, armed forces,  Oceania, social conditions,  United states, foreign relations, oceania,  Oceania, foreign relations

Places: United States,  Oceania,  Pacific Area

Times: 20th century