Concrete and Countryside : The Urban and the Rural in 1950s Puerto Rican Culture /

From the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Puerto Rico was swept by a wave of modernization, transforming the island from a predominantly rural society to an unquestionably urban one. A curious paradox ensued, however. While the island underwent rapid urbanization, and the rhetoric of economic developm...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Esterrich, Carmelo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Marques, Rene > Influence.
González, Jose Luis, > 1926-1996 > Influence.
Cortijo y su Combo (Musical group) > Influence.
Puerto Rico. > División de Educación de la Comunidad > Influence.
Rural-urban relations > Puerto Rico > 20th century.
Puerto Rico > Civilization > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. The momentous 1950s : bootstrapping Puerto Rican culture
  • Introduction. Cementing modernization
  • 1. Fabrications, confabulations, contestations : fashioning and negotiating Puerto Rican culture in the arts
  • Part 2. Beyond the country and the city : landscape, migration, culture
  • 2. Unsustainable Edens : the countryside of the city
  • 3. The countryside in the cities : troubling urban cultures
  • Epilogue and conclusions. Concrete with countryside.

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