Dream nation : Puerto Rican culture and the fictions of independence /

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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 the provocative new book Dream Nation, María Acosta Cruz investigates the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Acosta Cruz, María, 1956-
Corporate Author: American Literatures Initiative
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
Series:Latinidad.
Subjects:
Puerto Rican literature > History and criticism.
National characteristics, Puerto Rican.
Puerto Ricans.
Littérature portoricaine > Histoire et critique.
Portoricains.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Puerto Ricans
Civilization
National characteristics, Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican literature
Puerto Rico > Civilization.
Puerto Rico > History.
Porto Rico > Histoire.
Puerto Rico
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Literary tradition and the canon of independence
  • Breaking tradition
  • From the lush land to the traffic jam
  • Dream history, dream nation
  • Dreaming in Spanglish.

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