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In theory, citizenship denotes intrinsic status, signifying both full membership in the political community and a set of rights that adhere inherently and equally to all citizens. In practice, however, the rights of citizenship are... more
ABSTRACTThe extension of U.S. citizenship to Puerto Rico has been the object of voluminous scholarly and legal research. The present essay serves as both an introduction to and analysis of the four articles that comprise this special... more
Resumen en: Amajor shift in the public representation of curanderos, espiritistas, and brujos took place in Puerto Rico in a period of less than fifty years, from ...
Resumen en: This essay situates contemporary Puerto Rican literature in the United States in the space between two discursive implosions: the implosion of the 1970s ...
Resumen en: This essay argues for the recognition of a Puerto Rican 'transinsular' canon, one that reflects the transnational character of this population. I focus o...
This essay focuses on the performance of Central Park rumba in the 1960s and 1970s, and its role in the formation of Nuyorican (Puerto Ricans from New York C...
The one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria calls into question the temporality of disaster, both in terms of lived experience and analysis. It was difficult for Puerto Ricans to mark the first anniversary while so many still live Maria’s... more
IntroductionThe Puerto Rican experience in farm labor challenges our understanding of U.S. citizenship and its relation to immigration policies regarding guestwork. A recent case illustrates the complexity of Puerto Ricans' role in... more
INTRODUCTION The apple production in Chile (40.0000 ha) is concentrated from Rancagua (34o 5 Southern Lat.; 70o40 Western Lat.) to Linares, in 200 km, being almost 50% in the VII Region (34o50 Southern Lat., 71o30 Western Lat.). Chile... more
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El cuento sigue como la mayoría de los cuentos de Clarise Linspector. No pasa nada. O pasan cosas pequeñísimas, diminutas como Pequeña Flor. Nada, que el explorador la vio reir, respoder con su risa a una mirada llena de pavor y ...
In the early 1940s, the colonial government of Puerto Rico with the consent of the U.S. federal government began to elaborate a land reform. Under Title Vo...