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Experiencing Puerto Rican citizenship and cultural nationalism

Title
Experiencing Puerto Rican citizenship and cultural nationalism / Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán.
Author
Font-Guzmán, Jacqueline N.
Publication
  • New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Description
xi, 230 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Puerto Ricans experience their citizenship and cultural nationalism within the context of an unincorporated territory in which they have limited participation in the legal framework devised to govern them. Drawing from in-depth interviews with a group of Puerto Ricans who requested a certificate of Puerto Rican citizenship, legal and historical documents, and official reports not publicly accessible, Jacqueline N. Font-Guzman shares how some Puerto Ricans construct and experience their citizenship and national identity at the margins of the US nation. The narratives shared in this book help us understand how citizenship construction can assert cultural national identity within colonial relationships. Moreover, discussing Puerto Rican identity as a necessity calls into the spotlight a discussion of the identity of U.S. citizens. What does it mean for a U.S. citizen to be seen as the 'Other'?
Subject
  • Citizenship > Puerto Rico
  • Nationalism > Puerto Rico
  • National characteristics, Puerto Rican
  • Puerto Ricans
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-217] and index.
Contents
The subjective experience of citizenship and national identity : an introduction -- 2. A socio-legal history of Puerto Rico: an account of repression, limited democratic participation, and partial rewards -- 3. The power of not wanting : renouncing U.S. citizenship -- 4. Puerto Rican citizenship and construction of counter-narratives: Ra̕mrez de Ferrer v. Mari Brás 144 D.P.R. 141, 1997 -- 5. Experiencing Puertorriqueńidad through citizenship -- 6. The performativity of Puertorriqueńidad and citizenship -- 7. Final Comments.
Call Number
JFD 15-2859
ISBN
  • 1137455217
  • 9781137455215
LCCN
2015452292
OCLC
911060875
Author
Font-Guzmán, Jacqueline N., author.
Title
Experiencing Puerto Rican citizenship and cultural nationalism / Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán.
Publisher
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-217] and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 15-2859
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