001480363 000__ 05130nam\a22008535i\4500 001480363 001__ 1480363 001480363 003__ DE-B1597 001480363 005__ 20231026035138.0 001480363 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480363 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480363 008__ 230918t20112011nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480363 020__ $$a9780814795415 001480363 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814794760.001.0001$$2doi 001480363 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547569 001480363 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480363 0410_ $$aeng 001480363 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480363 050_4 $$aPS217.I47$$bW48 2016 001480363 072_7 $$aLIT004020$$2bisacsh 001480363 08204 $$a810.9358599032$$223 001480363 1001_ $$aWesling, Meg, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480363 24510 $$aEmpire's Proxy :$$bAmerican Literature and U.S. Imperialism in the Philippines /$$cMeg Wesling. 001480363 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2011] 001480363 264_4 $$c©2011 001480363 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480363 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480363 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480363 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480363 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480363 4900_ $$aAmerican Literatures Initiative ; ;$$v1 001480363 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction. Educated Subjects: Literary Production, Colonial Expansion, and the Pedagogical Public Sphere -- $$t1. The Alchemy of English -- $$t2. Empire's Proxy -- $$t3. Agents of Assimilation -- $$t4. The Performance of Patriotism -- $$tConclusion. "An Empire of Letters": Literary Tradition, National Sovereignty, and Neocolonialism -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480363 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480363 520__ $$aIn the late nineteenth century, American teachers descended on the Philippines, which had been newly purchased by the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American War. Motivated by President McKinley's project of "benevolent assimilation," they established a school system that centered on English language and American literature to advance the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon tradition, which was held up as justification for the U.S.'s civilizing mission and offered as a promise of moral uplift and political advancement. Meanwhile, on American soil, the field of American literature was just being developed and fundamentally, though invisibly, defined by this new, extraterritorial expansion.Drawing on a wealth of material, including historical records, governmental documents from the War Department and the Bureau of Insular Affairs, curriculum guides, memoirs of American teachers in the Philippines, and 19th century literature, Meg Wesling not only links empire with education, but also demonstrates that the rearticulation of American literary studies through the imperial occupation in the Philippines served to actually define and strengthen the field. Empire's Proxy boldly argues that the practical and ideological work of colonial dominance figured into the emergence of the field of American literature, and that the consolidation of a canon of American literature was intertwined with the administrative and intellectual tasks of colonial management. 001480363 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480363 546__ $$aIn English. 001480363 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001480363 650_0 $$aAmerican literature$$xFilipino American authors$$xHistory and criticism. 001480363 650_0 $$aAmerican literature$$y19th century$$xHistory and criticism. 001480363 650_0 $$aAmericans$$zPhilippines. 001480363 650_0 $$aImperialism in literature. 001480363 650_0 $$aNational characteristics, American, in literature. 001480363 650_0 $$aPhilippine literature (English). 001480363 650_4 $$aLITERARY CRITICISM / American / General$$2sh. 001480363 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001480363 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001480363 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814794760 001480363 852__ $$bebk 001480363 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814795415$$zOnline Access 001480363 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1480363$$pGLOBAL_SET 001480363 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_CL_LT 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_LT 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001480363 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001480363 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001480363 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001480363 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001480363 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001480363 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001480363 980__ $$aBIB 001480363 980__ $$aEBOOK 001480363 982__ $$aEbook 001480363 983__ $$aOnline