Dream Nation: Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence

by Maraia Acosta Cruz and María Acosta Cruz

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