Please answer 2 questions: Pick one of the questions from the set of questions on Teresia Teaiwa’s “bikinis and other s/pacific n/oceans” and pick one of the questions from the set of questions on Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner’s poems. One paragraph per answer = two paragraphs total for your response. Total of 300 words minimum

– Word count: 300 words minimum for your post

– Cite specific passages, scenes, dialogue, arguments, from reading or film that are relevant to what is being discussed. Cite at least 2 passages or parts of the text per post, include page number or explanation of where ideas occur in a film.

– I provided Lecture pdf, Chapter pdf, and additional poems pdf that you should use to answer the question.

– I have attached the assignment pdf as well for reference !

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Asian American Culture 320 Critical Discussion

Part one, Question two

Why are the Pacific Islands the location of both “bombs” and “bikinis” or militarism and tourism? How are these two seemingly opposite systems interconnect?

The Pacific Islands is a location of the bombs and bikinis because they reflect the history of the events that took place between 1946 and 1958 (Lecture notes, 22). Although the historical events seemed to have been erased among…