Early Puerto Rican Cinema and Nation Building: National Sentiments, Transnational Realities, 1897-1940 - Couverture rigide

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García-Crespo, Naida

 
9781684481187: Early Puerto Rican Cinema and Nation Building: National Sentiments, Transnational Realities, 1897-1940
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ISBN 10 : 168448118X ISBN 13 : 9781684481187
Editeur : Bucknell University Press,U.S., 2019

Synopsis

Early Puerto Rican Cinema and Nation Building focuses on the processes of Puerto Rican national identity formation as seen through the historical development of cinema on the island between 1897 and 1940. Anchoring her work in archival sources in film technology, economy, and education, Naida García-Crespo argues that Puerto Rico's position as a stateless nation allows for a fresh understanding of national cinema based on perceptions of productive cultural contributions rather than on citizenship or state structures. This book aims to contribute to recently expanding discussions of cultural networks by analyzing how Puerto Rican cinema navigates the problems arising from the connection and/or disjunction between nation and state. The author argues that Puerto Rico's position as a stateless nation puts pressure on traditional conceptions of national cinema, which tend to rely on assumptions of state support or a bounded nation-state. She also contends that the cultural and business practices associated with early cinema reveal that transnationalism is an integral part of national identities and their development. García-Crespo shows throughout this book that the development and circulation of cinema in Puerto Rico illustrate how the "national" is built from transnational connections.

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À propos de l?auteur

NAIDA GARCÍA-CRESPO is an assistant professor of English at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Éditeur
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
168448118X
ISBN 13 
9781684481187
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
250
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9781684481170: Early Puerto Rican Cinema and Nation Building: National Sentiments, Transnational Realities, 1897-1940

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ISBN 10 :  1684481171 ISBN 13 :  9781684481170
Editeur : Bucknell University Press,U.S., 2019
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