Cuba in the American imagination metaphor and the imperial ethos
For more than two hundred often turbulent years, Americans have imagined and described Cuba and its relationship to the United States by conjuring up a variety of striking images--Cuba as a woman, a neighbor, a ripe fruit, a child learning to ride a bicycle. One of the foremost historians of Cuba, L...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
Univ. of North Carolina Press
cop. 2008.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Caravan book. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b41198177*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Idea of Cuba; 1 Metaphor between Motive and Meaning; 2 Imagining Self-Interest; 3 Metaphor as Paradigm; 4 On Gratitude as Moral Currency of Empire; 5 Shifting Metaphors, Changing Meanings: Representing Revolution; 6 Through the Prism of Metaphor: Accommodation to Empire; Notes; Index.
