Iglesias Utset, Marial, 1961-

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 traducci�on / em tradu�c�ao . - Latin America in translation/en traducci�on/em tradu�c�ao. .

Originally published in Spanish by Ediciones Uni�on in Havana, Cuba, as Las met�aforas 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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National characteristics, Cuban.


Cuba--History--1899-1906.
Cuba--Civilization--American influences.


Electronic books.

F1787 / .I5613 2011eb

972.9106/1

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