Cuba in the American Imagination
Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos
The University of North Carolina Press · Print & ebook · September 1, 2011
For more than two hundred 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.
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- Who it’s for
- Trace how American images of Cuba shifted while serving ambitions toward the island.
- Genres
- Cuban History, Colonialism & Its Aftermath, Caribbean & Latin American Politics
- Published
- The University of North Carolina Press, September 1, 2011
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For more than two hundred 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.
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Louis A. Pérez Jr. offers a revealing history of these metaphorical and depictive motifs and discovers the powerful motives behind such characterizations of the island as they have persisted and changed since the early nineteenth century. Drawing on texts and visual images produced by Americans ranging from government officials, policy makers, and journalists to travelers, tourists, poets, and lyricists, Pérez argues that these charged and coded images of persuasion and mediation were in service to America’s imperial impulses over Cuba.
Metaphors of Cuba
Trace how American images of Cuba shifted while serving ambitions toward the island.
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- Cuba pictured as a woman
- Cuba pictured as a ripe fruit
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- Texts and visual images by officials, journalists, travelers, poets, and lyricists
- Motives behind depictions that persisted and changed
Where it sits
| Cuban History | 99% |
|---|---|
| Colonialism & Its Aftermath | 47% |
| Caribbean & Latin American Politics | 24% |
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Publisher categories
- U.S. History
- Cuban History
- Authors
- Louis A. Pérez Jr., Drew Birdseye, Audible Studios
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Published
- September 1, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- U.S. History