Dream Factories of a Former Colony: American Fantasies, Philippine Cinema
- ISBN-10
- 145291527X
- ISBN-13
- 9781452915272
- Category
- Culture in motion pictures
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- U of Minnesota Press
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