| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 301 pages) : illustrations |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Puerto Rican studies |
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Puerto Rican studies.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Making and Marketing National Identities -- Ch. I. Securing the Nation through Politics -- Ch. II. The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and the Building Blocks of Nationality -- Ch. III. From the Center to the Centros: Cultural Politics from Below -- Ch. IV. Just One More Festival: New Actors in Caone's Cultural Politics -- Ch. V. Culture, Politics, and Corporate Sponsorship -- Ch. VI. Contesting the Nation, Contesting Identities -- Conclusion: Cassettes, Posters, and Bumper Stickers. |
| Summary |
Focusing on the Institute for Puerto Rican Culture - the government institution charged with defining authenticated views of national identity since the 1950s - and on popular festival organizers, author Arlene M. Davila illuminates contestations over appropriate representations of culture in the increasingly mass-mediated context of contemporary Puerto Rico. She examines the creation of an essentialist view of nationhood based on a peasant culture and a "unifying" Hispanic heritage and explores the ways in which grassroots organizations challenge and reconfigure definitions of national identity, through their own activities and representations. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueäna.
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Puerto Rico -- Cultural policy -- History -- 20th century.
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Culture -- Economic aspects -- Puerto Rico.
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Popular culture -- Puerto Rico -- Marketing.
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Ethnocentrism -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and culture -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Added Title |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
1566395488 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1566395496 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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9781566395496 (paper ; alk. paper) |
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9781566395489 hardcover |
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9781566395496 paperback |
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9781439900185 ebook |
| Standard No. |
HEB34684 hdl |
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