Dream Nation : Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence.
Title:
Dream Nation : Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence.
Author:
Acosta Cruz, María.
ISBN:
9780813565484
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (221 pages)
Series:
Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Contents:
Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Literary Tradition and the Canon of Independence -- 2. Breaking Tradition -- 3. From the Lush Land to the Traffic Jam -- 4. Dream History, Dream Nation -- 5. Dreaming in Spanglish -- Conclusion -- Biographical Appendix -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Abstract:
In this provocative new book, Maria Acosta Cruz investigates why the rhetoric of independence is so pivotal to Puerto Rican culture, despite the fact that the island's voters have consistently rejected calls for national sovereignty. Weaving together texts from literature, history, and popular culture, Dream Nation shows how this seemingly revolutionary and populist iconography of independence has become an established orthodoxy.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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