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The Practice of Value: Essays on Literature in Cultural Studies by John Frow (review)

The Practice of Value: Essays on Literature in Cultural Studies by John Frow (review) Book Notes dissimilar places, hence demonstrating that some of the most memorable films about these countries were made in indistinct locations and the characters were played by actors of different nationalities chosen on the basis of vague associations drawn from their appearance. The result has been the large scale promotion of stereotypical and reductionist images that erase the complexity of the people and their country. The book unfurls provocative examples of the representation of the island populations as submissive, infantile and weak, presumable more interested in the purely sensual enjoyment of activities like music, dancing and surfing instead of securing their own economic prosperity. In this way, the need for the guidance and control of the U.S. for these apparently barely civilized communities is emphasized, but paradoxically, they are portrayed as ready to happily and efficiently obey both the tourist and the foreign investor. They are places that, according to U.S. popular culture and advertising, seem to stay virginal and uncivilized in the hopes of political and economic progress as envisioned by the U.S. Tourism, in particular, is a cause for reflection being that most of these island territories are still popular destinations. The molding of these islands http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png symploke University of Nebraska Press

The Practice of Value: Essays on Literature in Cultural Studies by John Frow (review)

symploke , Volume 23 (1) – Dec 31, 2015

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University of Nebraska Press
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Book Notes dissimilar places, hence demonstrating that some of the most memorable films about these countries were made in indistinct locations and the characters were played by actors of different nationalities chosen on the basis of vague associations drawn from their appearance. The result has been the large scale promotion of stereotypical and reductionist images that erase the complexity of the people and their country. The book unfurls provocative examples of the representation of the island populations as submissive, infantile and weak, presumable more interested in the purely sensual enjoyment of activities like music, dancing and surfing instead of securing their own economic prosperity. In this way, the need for the guidance and control of the U.S. for these apparently barely civilized communities is emphasized, but paradoxically, they are portrayed as ready to happily and efficiently obey both the tourist and the foreign investor. They are places that, according to U.S. popular culture and advertising, seem to stay virginal and uncivilized in the hopes of political and economic progress as envisioned by the U.S. Tourism, in particular, is a cause for reflection being that most of these island territories are still popular destinations. The molding of these islands

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Published: Dec 31, 2015

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