Soto-Crespo, Ramón E.
Mainland Passage : The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico. - 1 online resource (195 pages)
Preliminaries.
One-third of the population of Puerto Rico moved to New York City during the mid-twentieth century. Since this massive migration, Puerto Rican literature and culture have grappled with an essential change in self-perception. Mainland Passage examines the history of that transformation, the political struggle over its representation, and the ways it has been imagined in Puerto Rico and in the work of Latina/o fiction writers.Ramón E. Soto-Crespo argues that the most significant consequence of this migration is the creation of a cultural and political borderland state. He intervenes in the Puerto Rico status debate to show that the two most discussed options-Puerto Rico's becoming either a fully federated state of the United States or an independent nation-represent false alternatives, and he forcefully reasons that Puerto Rico should be recognized as an anomalous political entity that does not conform to categories of political belonging.Investigating a fundamental shift in the way Puerto Rican writers, politicians, and scholars have imagined their cultural identity, Mainland Passage demonstrates that Puerto Rico's commonwealth status exemplifies a counterhegemonic logic and introduces a vital new approach to understanding Puerto Rican culture and history.
9780816668144
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Literature and history -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
National characteristics, Puerto Rican, in literature.
Politics and literature -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
Puerto Rican literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Puerto Rico -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Puerto Rico -- In literature.
Electronic books.
PQ7428 -- .S66 2009eb
860.9/3587295
Mainland Passage : The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico. - 1 online resource (195 pages)
Preliminaries.
One-third of the population of Puerto Rico moved to New York City during the mid-twentieth century. Since this massive migration, Puerto Rican literature and culture have grappled with an essential change in self-perception. Mainland Passage examines the history of that transformation, the political struggle over its representation, and the ways it has been imagined in Puerto Rico and in the work of Latina/o fiction writers.Ramón E. Soto-Crespo argues that the most significant consequence of this migration is the creation of a cultural and political borderland state. He intervenes in the Puerto Rico status debate to show that the two most discussed options-Puerto Rico's becoming either a fully federated state of the United States or an independent nation-represent false alternatives, and he forcefully reasons that Puerto Rico should be recognized as an anomalous political entity that does not conform to categories of political belonging.Investigating a fundamental shift in the way Puerto Rican writers, politicians, and scholars have imagined their cultural identity, Mainland Passage demonstrates that Puerto Rico's commonwealth status exemplifies a counterhegemonic logic and introduces a vital new approach to understanding Puerto Rican culture and history.
9780816668144
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Literature and history -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
National characteristics, Puerto Rican, in literature.
Politics and literature -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
Puerto Rican literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Puerto Rico -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century.
Puerto Rico -- In literature.
Electronic books.
PQ7428 -- .S66 2009eb
860.9/3587295