Mainland Passage : The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico /
One-third of the population of Puerto Rico moved to New York City during the mid-twentieth century. Since this massive migration, Puerto Rican literature and culture have grappled with an essential change in self-perception. Mainland Passage examines the history of that transformation, the political...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2009.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | One-third of the population of Puerto Rico moved to New York City during the mid-twentieth century. Since this massive migration, Puerto Rican literature and culture have grappled with an essential change in self-perception. Mainland Passage examines the history of that transformation, the political struggle over its representation, and the ways it has been imagined in Puerto Rico and in the work of Latina/o fiction writers. Ramón E. Soto-Crespo argues that the most significant consequence of this migration is the creation of a cultural and political borderland state. He intervenes in the Puert. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (200 pages): illustrations |
ISBN: | 9780816668144 |