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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Puerto Rican Studies"”.

  1. "Construyendo Nuestro Pedacito De Patria": Space and Dis(place)ment in Puerto Rican Chicago

    Secrist, Karen Serwer2009

    … performance and production of post-World War II Puerto Rican urban space in Chicago. Specifically, I contend that the articulation of Puerto Rican spatiality in the city has emerged primarily as a response to the threat of local displacement as a byproduct of urban renewal and gentrification. I …

    duke Repository record

  2. From Bushwick to Portland: Bori Girls of the Diaspora Revolutionizing the Puerto Rican Coming-of-Age Narrative

    Alvarado, Lily V2024

    <p>Trailblazing Puerto Rican women in the diaspora have challenged dominant imagery and fought against patriarchy, U.S. imperialism, and white supremacy through their writing. Writers like Esmeralda Santiago and Nicholasa Mohr have transformed the literary canon via the bildungsroman, highlighting …

    cuny Repository record

  3. The Eugenic Sterilization of Puerto Rican Women: A Case of US Interests and Religious/Spiritual Freedom

    Jones, Anique Y

    … the 1930s and 1970s, approximately one-third of Puerto Rican women of childbearing age (20–49) were sterilized— the highest rate in the world during that time. Driven by U.S. political and economic interests, and underpinned by eugenic ideology, Governor Blanton Winship and President Franklin D. …

    chapman Repository record

  4. ‘The Power of Three Will Set Us Free': Witchy Womanist Readings of Toni Morrison’s Sula, Opal Palmer Adisa’s It Begins With Tears, and Migdalia Cruz’s The Have-Little and Miriam’s Flowers

    Flores, AnamaríaThe Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York2024

    … knowledge. Born at the intersections of Black Studies, BIPOC Queer and Gender Studies, Caribbean Studies, English, Hip-Hop Studies and Latinx Studies, “‘The Power of Three Will Set Us Free’: Witchy Womanist Readings of Toni Morrison's <em>Sula</em>, Opal Palmer Adisa's <em>It Begins With …

    cuny-grad Repository record

  5. No ELA Without Ella: Understanding the Naming and Crafting of Gendered Subjectivities in Puerto Rico

    Quijano Seda, CarmínThe Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York2025

    … as unskilled, cheap, or even free labor in Puerto Rico (Azize, 1985; Muñiz Mas, 1998; Baerga-Santini, 1999). For this reason, Puerto Rican women organized and fought for equality in work settings. Furthermore, they became more active in politics and the government. Nevertheless, the Estado …

    cuny-grad Repository record