Dream Nation: Puerto Rican Culture and the Fictions of Independence (Electronic book text)

In this provocative new book, Maria Acosta Cruz investigates why the rhetoric of independence is so pivotal to Puerto Rican culture, despite the fact that the island's voters have consistently rejected calls for national sovereignty. Weaving together texts from literature, history, and popular culture, "Dream Nation" shows how this seemingly revolutionary and populist iconography of independence has become an established orthodoxy.