Dream Nation: Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the)

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 roots and effects of this profound disconnect between cultural fantasy and political reality.Bringing together texts from Puerto Rican literature, his...

By María Acosta Cruz
Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
Paperback: 222 pages
Publisher: Rutgers University Press; None ed. edition (March 19, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780813565460
ISBN-13: 978-0813565460
ASIN: 0813565464
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1053972
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I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in understanding the character and history of Puerto Rican culture and politics. Dream Nation tackles an issue fundamental to Puerto Rican nationalism past and present: the split between the widespre

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