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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, 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, history, and popular culture, Dream Nation shows how imaginings of national independence have served many competing purposes. They have given authority to the island’s literary and artistic establishment but have also been a badge of countercultural...
El libro presenta temas de actualidad, divulga aportaciones de reconocidos especialistas y, a su vez, proporciona pautas y ejemplos de cómo llevarlos a la práctica.
A volume of essays that seeks to give voice to Caribbean women's concerns
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