Geronimo Cristobal

Tag: Cold War

  • The Polar Bear at Manila Zoo (1959)

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    The Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden opened on 25 July 1959 as a municipal institution. It replaced earlier animal collections in Manila that had disappeared during the Philippine-American War. A historical survey published in Zoo and Aquarium History describes the postwar zoo as remaining largely unchanged for several decades. A redevelopment plan was prepared only…

  • The Cinematic Metaverse: Hollywood Science Fiction and Silicon Valley’s Vision of the Future

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    Abstract This essay analyzes science fiction novels to reconstruct a partial literary genealogy of the Californian Ideology first described in 1995 by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron, as a strange mixture of the counterculture hippie movement and the ideal of the free market. It addresses the ways in which writers and artists during the Cold…

  • Notable Lectures on Zoom

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    Indonesia’s Genocide: New Perspectives 55 Years On hosted by New York Southeast Asia Network, Oct 7, 2020, 8 PM EST I treat the study of the effects of Cold War strategies and policies of the United States on Southeast Asia as an extension of my research interest which focuses on the cultural legacies of American…