Dream Nation - 9780813565460

Dream NationPuerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence\nAuthor(s): Mara Acosta Cruz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813565460, 978-0813565460\nSynopsis\nOver 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, Mara Acosta Cruz investigates the roots and effects of this profound disconnect between cultural fantasy and political reality.\n\nBringing 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 islands literary and artistic establishment but have also been a badge of countercultural cool. These ideas have been fueled both by nosts