The Case of the Disappearing Filipino American Houseboy: Speculation on Double Indemnity and the United States Imperialism

Authors

Victor Bascara, Asian American Studies, University of Wisconsin-MadisonFollow

Abstract

The creations of a new cultural formation, US imperialism, development, and globalization are traced in this article by the use of James M. Cain’s 1936 pulp novella-turned-film Double Indemnity. Representations of the Fil-Am houseboy, his disappearance and re-appearance in the texts, provide an impetus for discovering the cultural transitions from the colonial to the postcolonial periods.

Recommended Citation

Bascara, Victor (2007) "The Case of the Disappearing Filipino American Houseboy: Speculation on Double Indemnity and the United States Imperialism," Kritika Kultura: No. 8, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13185/1656-152x.1112
Available at: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss8/3