A cultural history of Cuba during the U.S. occupation, 1898-1902 / Marial Iglesias Utset ; translated by Russ Davidson.

By:

Iglesias Utset, Marial, 1961-

Contributor(s):

Davidson, Russ

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Series: Latin America in translation/en traducción/em traduçãoPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 202 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780807877845
0807877840
9781469603131
1469603136

Uniform titles:

Metáforas del cambio en la vida cotidiana. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cultural history of Cuba during the U.S. occupation, 1898-1902.DDC classification:

972.9106/1 22

LOC classification:

F1787 .I5613 2011eb

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Contents:

Empty pedestals and barracks converted into schools : the dismantling of symbols of colonial power -- Policies governing celebrations : Catholic, North American, and patriotic fiestas -- Attempts at linguistic colonization and the struggle to preserve Spanish : Anglicized words and expressions and their tropes -- The "decolonization" of names : national identity and the selection of patriotic place names -- The socialization of symbols representing the idea of country -- Public culture and nationalism.

Summary: In this cultural history of Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902, a transitional period following the Spanish-American War, the author sheds light on the complex set of pressures that guided the formation and production of a burgeoning Cuban nationalism.

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In this cultural history of Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902, a transitional period following the Spanish-American War, the author sheds light on the complex set of pressures that guided the formation and production of a burgeoning Cuban nationalism.