A contested Caribbean indigeneity : language, social practice, and identity within Puerto Rico 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 Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, NJ :
Rutgers University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Critical Caribbean studies.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2401741 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Competing historical narratives regarding Taíno extinction
- The stakes of being Taíno
- Historical discourses and debates about Puerto Rico's indigenous trajectory
- Part 2. The Puerto Rican nation and ethnoracial regimes in Puerto Rico
- Jíbaros and jibaridades, ambiguities and possiblities
- Impossible identities
- Part 3. Taíno heritage and political mobilization
- (Re)Constructing heritage, narratives of linguistic belonging
- How do you see the world as a Taíno? : Conceptualizing the Taíno
- Protest, surveillance, and cermony
- Conclusion.