Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "United States of Banana" in English language version.
'Puerto Rico's destiny should be decided between "wishy", "wishy-washy" or "washy"'
The Swedish Comic Book publisher COBOLT will release Joakim Lindengren's illustrated version of United States of Banana by Giannina Braschi in Swedish translation by the poet Helena Eriksson. The graphic dramatic novel will be released at The Stockholm International Comics Festival, taking place in May 19–21st, 2017.
power imbalances within the Americas
The work depicts New York City as "the Darwinist capital of the Capitalist word" and U.S. imperialism as doomed as "a chicken with its head cut off".
The premise of this allegorical novel by Puerto Rican author Braschi (Yo-Yo Boing!; Empire of Dreams) is bizarre but intriguing ... The novel's main purpose is political with plenty of reflections on the horrors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, on Puerto Rico's awkward position as an American territory, and on personal desire and individual liberty.
'A critique of 21st century capitalism in which [Braschi] condemned corporate censorship and control.'
Colombian film and theater director Juan Pablo Felix brings to the stage for the first time 'United States of Banana,' by poet Giannina Braschi on the post-911 American psyche around the politics of empire and independence.[dead link]
'Puerto Rico's destiny should be decided between "wishy", "wishy-washy" or "washy"'
The work depicts New York City as "the Darwinist capital of the Capitalist word" and U.S. imperialism as doomed as "a chicken with its head cut off".
