{"product_id":"concrete-and-countryside-carmelo-esterrich-9780822965398","title":"Concrete and Countryside: The Urban and the Rural in 1950s Puerto Rican Culture","description":"From the late 1940s to the early 1960s, Puerto Rico was swept by a wave of modernization, transforming the island from a predominantly rural society to an unquestionably urban one. A curious paradox ensued, however. While the island underwent rapid urbanization, and the rhetoric of economic development reigned over official discourses, the newly installed insular government, along with some academic circles and radio and television media, constructed, promoted, and sponsored a narrative of Puerto Rican culture based on rural subjects, practices, and spaces. By examining a wide range of cultural texts, but focusing on the film production of the Division of Community Education, the popular dance music of Cortijo y su combo, and the literary texts of Jose Luis Gonzalez and Rene Marques, \u003ci\u003eConcrete and Countryside\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth analysis of how Puerto Ricans responded to this transformative period. It also shows how the arts used a battery of images of the urban and the rural to understand, negotiate, and critique the innumerable changes taking place on the island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carmelo Esterrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822965399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822965398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Carmelo Esterrich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947358650623,"sku":"9780822965398","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6385546f-45f0-41b3-8b96-03e0b1864d41.jpg?v=1681518253","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/concrete-and-countryside-carmelo-esterrich-9780822965398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}