Metroimperial IntimaciesIn Metroimperial Intimacies Victor Romn Mendoza combines historical, literary, and archival analysis with queer of color critique to show how U. S. imperial incursions into the Philippines enabled the growth of unprecedented social and sexual intimacies between native Philippine and U. S. subjects. The real and imagined intimacieswhether expressed through friendship, love, or eroticismthreatened U. S. gender and sexuality norms. To codify U. S.