A contested Caribbean indigeneity: language, social practice, and identity within Puerto Rican Taíno activism

A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and mo...

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Main Author: Feliciano-Santos, Sherina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick ; Camden ; Newark ; London Rutgers University Press [2021]
Series:Critical Caribbean studies
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Summary:A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taíno/Boricua activism in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean diaspora in New York City. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to claim what is commonly thought to be an extinct ethnic category. It explores the historical and interactional challenges involved in claiming membership in, what for many Puerto Ricans, is an impossible affiliation. In focusing on Taíno/Boricua activism, the books aims to identify a critical space from which to analyze and decolonize ethnoracial ideologies of Puerto Ricanness, issues of class and education, Puerto Rican nationalisms and colonialisms, as well as important questions regarding narrative, historical memory, and belonging
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Aug 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 227 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781978808218
DOI:10.36019/9781978808218

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