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-

Contributor:

Davidson, Russ.

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

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Cuban.

Cuba--History--1899-1906.

Cuba.

Cuba--Civilization--American influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this cultural history of Cuba during the United States' brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902--a key transitional period following the Spanish-American War--Marial Iglesias Utset sheds light on the complex set of pressures that guided the formation and production of a burgeoning Cuban nationalism. Drawing on archival and published sources, Iglesias illustrates the process by which Cubans maintained and created their own culturally relevant national symbols in the face of the U.S. occupation. Tracing Cuba's efforts to modernize in conjunction with plans by U.S. officials

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:

979-88-908847-6-3

979-88-9313-399-8

1-4696-0313-6

0-8078-7784-0

OCLC:

729253213