Mainland passage : the cultural anomaly of Puerto Rico / Ramón E. Soto-Crespo.

Author/creator Soto-Crespo, Ramón E.
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxxiv, 169 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Puerto Rican literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
National characteristics, Puerto Rican, in literature.
Literature and history--Puerto Rico.
Politics and literature--Puerto Rico. --History. --20th century.
Puerto Rico--In literature.
Puerto Rico--Emigration and immigration. --History. --20th century.
Puerto Rico--Civilization. --20th century.

Contents Introduction: neither colony nor nation -- State and artifice: Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá and Puerto Rican painting -- The mainland passage: Luis Muñoz Marín's borderland state -- Escaping colonialism: how to do things with American imperialism -- Out of the mainland: Nuyorican poetry and Boricua politics.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009006994
ISBN9780816655878 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816655871 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816655885 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN081665588X (pb : alk. paper)