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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iglesias Utset, Marial, 1961-

Series:

Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução

Latin America in translation / en traducción / em tradução

Standardized Title:

Metáforas del cambio en la vida cotidiana. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Cuban.

Cuba--History--1899-1906.

Cuba.

History.

Cuba--Civilization--American influences.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xi, 202 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]

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.

Notes:

Originally published in Spanish by Ediciones Unión in Havana, Cuba, as Las metáforas del cambio en la vida cotidiana : Cuba, 1898-1902, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807833988

0807833983

9780807871928

0807871923

OCLC:

668197708