Sherina Feliciano-Santos

A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity

Language, Social Practice, and Identity Within Puerto Rican Taíno Activism

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Produktbeschreibung

This book 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 Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists claiming what is commonly thought to be an extinct ethnic category.  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9781978808171
• ISBN-10: 1978808178
• Artikelnr.: 59083168

Autorenporträt

SHERINA FELICIANO-SANTOS is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Glossary
Transcription Conventions
Prologue
Introduction
Part I: Competing historical narratives regarding Taíno extinction 
1 The Stakes of Being Taíno     
2 Historical Discourses and Debates about Puerto Rico's Indigenous
Trajectory                  
Part II: The Puerto Rican Nation and Ethnoracial Regimes in Puerto Rico
3 Jíbaros and Jibaridades, Ambiguities and Possibilities          
4 Impossible Identities  
Part III: Taíno Heritage and Political Mobilization
5 (Re)Constructing Heritage, Narratives of Linguistic Belonging
6 How Do You See the World as a Taíno? Conceptualizing the Taíno
Gaze                           
7 Protest, Surveillance, and Ceremony           
Conclusion                 
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography  
Index