A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity Language, Social Practice, and Identity Within Puerto Rico Taíno Activism - Critical Caribbean Studies
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A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Taìno/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 Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taìno/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to claim what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 Taìno/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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9781978808171 |
Publisher: | Rutgers University Press |
Imprint: | Rutgers University Press |
Pub date: | 12 Feb 2021 |
DEWEY: | 305.80097295 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | xxiii, 227 |
Weight: | 300g |
Height: | 216mm |
Width: | 140mm |
Spine width: | 15mm |