Dream Nation: Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence

(Part of the Latinidad Series)

by Maraia Acosta Cruz and María Acosta Cruz

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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, Mar a Acosta Cruz investigates the roots and effects of this profound disconnect between cultural fantasy and political reality.

Bringing together texts from Puerto Rican literature,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813565464

ISBN13:9780813565460

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:222 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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(Part of the Latinidad Series)

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