LEADER 04000nam 2200661 450 001 9910789397103321 005 20230803201822.0 010 $a0-8135-6548-0 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813565484 035 $a(CKB)3710000000089289 035 $a(EBL)1637105 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001132038 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11574171 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132038 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11146887 035 $a(PQKB)10282362 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1637105 035 $a(OCoLC)871424250 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31594 035 $a(DE-B1597)526268 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813565484 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1637105 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10838927 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL577262 035 $a(OCoLC)871190250 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000089289 100 $a20140228h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||r 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDream nation $ePuerto Rican culture and the fictions of independence /$fMari?a Acosta Cruz 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey ;$aLondon, [England] :$cRutger University Press,$d2014. 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 225 1 $aLatinidad : Transnational Cultures in the United States 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-6547-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Literary Tradition and the Canon of Independence --$t2. Breaking Tradition --$t3. From the Lush Land to the Traffic Jam --$t4. Dream History, Dream Nation --$t5. Dreaming in Spanglish --$tConclusion --$tBiographical Appendix --$tNotes --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aOver the past fifty years, Puerto Rican voters have roundly rejected any calls for national independence. Yet the rhetoric and iconography of independence have been defining features of Puerto Rican literature and culture. In the provocative new book Dream Nation, María Acosta Cruz investigates the roots and effects of this profound disconnect between cultural fantasy and political reality. Bringing together texts from Puerto Rican literature, history, and popular culture, Dream Nation shows how imaginings of national independence have served many competing purposes. They have given authority to the island's literary and artistic establishment but have also been a badge of countercultural cool. These ideas have been fueled both by nostalgia for an imagined past and by yearning for a better future. They have fostered local communities on the island, and still helped define Puerto Rican identity within U.S. Latino culture. In clear, accessible prose, Acosta Cruz takes us on a journey from the 1898 annexation of Puerto Rico to the elections of 2012, stopping at many cultural touchstones along the way, from the canonical literature of the Generación del 30 to the rap music of Tego Calderón. Dream Nation thus serves both as a testament to how stories, symbols, and heroes of independence have inspired the Puerto Rican imagination and as an urgent warning about how this culture has become detached from the everyday concerns of the island's people. A volume in the American Literature Initiatives series 410 0$aLatinidad. 606 $aPuerto Rican literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNational characteristics, Puerto Rican 607 $aPuerto Rico$xCivilization 607 $aPuerto Rico$xHistory$xAutonomy and independence movements 615 0$aPuerto Rican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNational characteristics, Puerto Rican. 676 $a860.9/97295 700 $aAcosta Cruz$b Mari?a$f1956-$01577231 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789397103321 996 $aDream nation$93855645 997 $aUNINA