Redeeming American democracy in Sayonara
Affection is perceived as something natural, pre-existing Culture and, therefore, free form discursive constructions. However, insofar as reality is mediated, if not given existence by language, human relationships are inevitably fashioned by narratives. Romance fictions and in particular heterosexu...
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Universitat de Barcelona
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| author | María Isabel Seguro |
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| description | Affection is perceived as something natural, pre-existing Culture and, therefore, free form discursive constructions. However, insofar as reality is mediated, if not given existence by language, human relationships are inevitably fashioned by narratives. Romance fictions and in particular heterosexual, interracial love stories have been used in U.S. popular culture as a means of promoting American democratic values of racial harmony at home and abroad. This will be exemplified by analyzing James A. Michener’s 1953 novel Sayonara together with Joshua Logan’s 1957 film adaptation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-421e1abc97b44c30874e5296b3191c4a2022-12-22T03:18:18ZengUniversitat de BarcelonaCoolabah1988-59462011-03-01521522510.1344/co20115215-225Redeeming American democracy in SayonaraMaría Isabel Seguro0Universitat de BarcelonaAffection is perceived as something natural, pre-existing Culture and, therefore, free form discursive constructions. However, insofar as reality is mediated, if not given existence by language, human relationships are inevitably fashioned by narratives. Romance fictions and in particular heterosexual, interracial love stories have been used in U.S. popular culture as a means of promoting American democratic values of racial harmony at home and abroad. This will be exemplified by analyzing James A. Michener’s 1953 novel Sayonara together with Joshua Logan’s 1957 film adaptation.http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/coolabah/article/view/15700/18814SayonaraU.S. Cold War foreign policyinterracial love politics |
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| title | Redeeming American democracy in Sayonara |
| title_full | Redeeming American democracy in Sayonara |
| title_fullStr | Redeeming American democracy in Sayonara |
| title_full_unstemmed | Redeeming American democracy in Sayonara |
| title_short | Redeeming American democracy in Sayonara |
| title_sort | redeeming american democracy in sayonara |
| topic | Sayonara U.S. Cold War foreign policy interracial love politics |
| url | http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/coolabah/article/view/15700/18814 |
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