Sponsored identities : cultural politics in Puerto Rico /
Arlene M. Dávila.
Bok Engelsk 1997 · History.
| Utgitt | Philadelphia, Pa. : : Temple University Press, , 1997.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (xvii, 301 p. ) : ill. ;
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| Opplysninger | 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.. - 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.
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| ISBN | 0-585-38091-0. - 1-4399-0018-3
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