Do Bananas Have a Culture? United Fruit Company Colonies in Central America 1900-1960

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  • Atalia Shragai

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18441/ibam.11.2011.42.65-82

Keywords:

United Fruit Company, Culture, Identity, Central America, 20th Century

Abstract

This article is concerned with the processes underlying the development of the unique identifications and culture which evolved among the First Class Workers of the United Fruit Company - the vast majority of whom were citizens of the United States, working alongside Europeans and Central Americans - during the first half of the twentieth century. Examining the social and cultural practices widespread among the Company’s colonies, I trace the nature of the ‘Banana Culture’, a term coined by the members of this group.

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