A Cultural History of Cuba during the U.S. Occupation, 1898-1902 (Latin America in Translation/en Traducción/em Tradução)

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On this cultural history of Cuba throughout the USA’ brief but influential occupation from 1898 to 1902–a key transitional period following the Spanish-American War–Marial Iglesias Utset sheds light at 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 wherein Cubans maintained and created their own culturally relevant national symbols within the face of the U.S. occupation. Tracing Cuba’s efforts to modernize along with plans by U.S. officials to shape the process, Iglesias analyzes, among other things, the influence of the English language on Spanish usage; the imposition of North American holidays, such as Thanksgiving, in preference to traditional Cuban celebrations; the transformation of Havana into a new metropolis; and the development of patriotic symbols, including the Cuban flag, songs, monuments, and ceremonies. Iglesias argues that the Cuban response to U.S. imperialism, though in large part critical, indeed involved elements of reliance, accommodation, and welcome. Above all, Iglesias argues, Cubans engaged the Americans on a couple of levels, and her work demonstrates how their ambiguous responses to the U.S. occupation shaped the cultural transformation that gave rise to a new Cuban nationalism.

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