TY - BOOK AU - Soto-Crespo,RamoÌn E. TI - Mainland passage: the cultural anomaly of Puerto Rico SN - 9780816655878 (hc : alk. paper) AV - PQ7428 .S66 2009 U1 - 860.9/3587295 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Minneapolis PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - Puerto Rican literature KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Emigration and immigration in literature KW - National characteristics, Puerto Rican, in literature KW - Literature and history KW - Puerto Rico KW - History KW - Politics and literature KW - In literature KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Civilization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: neither colony nor nation -- State and artifice: Edgardo RodriÌguez JuliaÌ and Puerto Rican painting -- The mainland passage: Luis MunÌoz MariÌn's borderland state -- Escaping colonialism: how to do things with American imperialism -- Out of the mainland: Nuyorican poetry and the politics of mourning ER -