Post-1898 Imaginative Geographies: Puerto Rico Migration in 1950s Film

This essay studies cultural representations of Puerto Rico’s economic boom and 1952 shift in legal status to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It suggests that apprehending these events requires the reframing of Puerto Rican migration as global phenomena. Drawing on the historical and cultural schola...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cynthia Tolentino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5nf1c2jn