A cultural history of Cuba during the U.S. occupation, 1898-1902 [electronic resource] /
Marial Iglesias Utset ; translated by Russ Davidson.
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
- xi, 202 p.
- Latin America in translation / en traduccion / em traducao .
- Latin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao. .
Originally published in Spanish by Ediciones Union in Havana, Cuba, as Las metaforas del cambio en la vida cotidiana : Cuba, 1898-1902, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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