| Description |
xv, 341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-329) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Rethinking colonialism, nationalism, and transnationalism: the case of Puerto Rico -- The construction of cultural identities in Puerto Rico and the diaspora -- The rich gate to future wealth: displaying Puerto Rico at world's fairs -- Representing the newly colonized Puerto Rico in the gaze of American anthropologists, 1898-1915 -- Portraying the other: Puerto Rican images in two American photographic collections -- A postcolonial colony? The rise of cultural nationalism in Puerto Rico during the 1950s -- Collecting the nation: the public representation of Puerto Rico's cultural identity -- Following the migrant citizen: the official discourse on Puerto Rican migration to the United States -- The nation in the diaspora: the reconstruction of the cultural identity of Puerto Rican migrants -- Mobile livelihoods: circular migration, transnational identities and cultural borders between Puerto Rico and the United States -- Neither Black nor White: the representation of racial identity among Puerto Ricans on the island and in the U.S. mainland -- Making Indians out of Blacks: the revitalization of Taino identity in Contemporary Puerto Rico -- Conclusion: Nation, migration, identity. |
| Subject |
Puerto Rico -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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Nationalism -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century.
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Identity (Psychology) -- Puerto Rico.
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Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Ethnic identity.
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Ethnicity -- Puerto Rico.
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| Indexed Term |
Puerto Rico Civilización Siglo XX. |
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Nacionalismo Puerto Rico Historia Siglo XX. |
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Identidad (Psicología) Puerto Rico. |
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Puertorriqueños Estados Unidos Identidad étnica. |
| ISBN |
0807827045 cloth alkaline paper |
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0807853720 paperback alkaline paper |
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