TY - GEN T1 - Mainland passage : the cultural anomaly of Puerto Rico A1 - Soto-Crespo, Ramón E. LA - English PP - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press YR - 2009 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn505996307 AB - One-third of the population of Puerto Rico moved to New York City during the mid-twentieth century. Since this massive migration, Puerto Rican literature and culture have grappled with an essential change in self-perception. Mainland Passage examines the history of that transformation, the political struggle over its representation, and the ways it has been imagined in Puerto Rico and in the work of Latina/o fiction writers. Ramón E. Soto-Crespo argues that the most significant consequence of this migration is the creation of a cultural and political borderland state. He intervenes in the Puert. OP - 169 CN - PQ7428 .S66 2009eb SN - 9780816668144 SN - 0816668140 SN - 0816655871 SN - 9780816655878 SN - 081665588X SN - 9780816655885 KW - Puerto Rican literature : 20th century : History and criticism. KW - Emigration and immigration in literature. KW - Puerto Rico : In literature. KW - National characteristics, Puerto Rican, in literature. KW - Literature and history : Puerto Rico. KW - Politics and literature : Puerto Rico : History : 20th century. KW - Puerto Rico : Emigration and immigration : History : 20th century. KW - Puerto Rico : Civilization : 20th century. KW - Puerto Ricans in literature. KW - Émigration et immigration dans la littérature. KW - Porto Rico : Dans la littérature. KW - Portoricains dans la littérature. KW - Littérature et histoire : Porto Rico. KW - Politique et littérature : Porto Rico : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - Porto Rico : Émigration et immigration : Histoire : 20e siècle. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : Spanish & Portuguese. KW - HISTORY : United States : General. KW - Puerto Ricans in literature KW - Civilization KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Emigration and immigration in literature KW - Literature KW - Literature and history KW - National characteristics, Puerto Rican, in literature KW - Politics and literature KW - Puerto Rican literature KW - Puerto Rico KW - 1900-1999 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History ER -