María Acosta Cruz

Dream Nation

Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Over the past fifty years, Puerto Rican voters have roundly rejected any calls for national independence. Yet the rhetoric and iconography of independence have been defining features of Puerto Rican literature and culture. In this provocative new book, María Acosta Cruz investigates the roots and effects of this profound disconnect between cultural fantasy and political reality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780813565460
• ISBN-10: 0813565464
• Artikelnr.: 40450886

Autorenporträt

Acosta Cruz, María

Inhaltsangabe

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