White Lens on Brown Skin: The Sexualization of the Polynesian in American Film by Locey, Matthew B.
White Lens on Brown Skin: The Sexualization of the Polynesian in American Film by Locey, Matthew B.

White Lens on Brown Skin: The Sexualization of the Polynesian in American Film

From the earliest accounts of contact with Europeans, Polynesians have been perceived as sensual and sexual beings....
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Author: Matthew B. Locey
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White Lens on Brown Skin: The Sexualization of the Polynesian in American Film by Locey, Matthew B.

White Lens on Brown Skin: The Sexualization of the Polynesian in American Film

$167.89
White Lens on Brown Skin: The Sexualization of the Polynesian in American Film by Locey, Matthew B.

White Lens on Brown Skin: The Sexualization of the Polynesian in American Film

$167.89
Author: Matthew B. Locey
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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. 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.

Author: Matthew B. Locey
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 02/17/2023
Pages: 298
Binding Type: Paperback
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9781476689180
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