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Cuba in the American Imagination : Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos /
For more than two hundred often turbulent years, Americans have imagined and described Cuba and its relationship to the United States by conjuring up a variety of striking images--Cuba as a woman, a neighbor, a ripe fruit, a child learning to ride a bicycle. One of the foremost historians of Cuba, L...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
Univ. of North Carolina Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | For more than two hundred often turbulent years, Americans have imagined and described Cuba and its relationship to the United States by conjuring up a variety of striking images--Cuba as a woman, a neighbor, a ripe fruit, a child learning to ride a bicycle. One of the foremost historians of Cuba, Louis A. Perez Jr. offers a revealing history of these metaphorical and depictive motifs and discovers the powerful motives behind such characterizations of the island. |
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| Notas: | "A Caravan book"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781469603773 |