The Cubans of Puerto Rico
Author: Jorge Luis Duany
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 530
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Author: Jorge Luis Duany
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 530
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Reinaldo L. Román
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009-11-30
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 080788894X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFreedom of religion did not come easily to Cuba or Puerto Rico. Only after the arrival of American troops during the Spanish-American War were non-Catholics permitted to practice their religions openly and to proselytize. When government efforts to ensure freedom of worship began, reformers on both islands rejoiced, believing that an era of regeneration and modernization was upon them. But as new laws went into effect, critics voiced their dismay at the rise of popular religions. Reinaldo L. Roman explores the changing relationship between regulators and practitioners in neocolonial Cuba and Puerto Rico. Spiritism, Santeria, and other African-derived traditions were typically characterized in sensational fashion by the popular press as "a plague of superstition." Examining seven episodes between 1898 and the Cuban Revolution when the public demanded official actions against "misbelief," Roman finds that when outbreaks of superstition were debated, matters of citizenship were usually at stake. He links the circulation of spectacular charges of witchcraft and miracle-making to anxieties surrounding newly expanded citizenries that included people of color. Governing Spirits also contributes to the understanding of vernacular religions by moving beyond questions of national or traditional origins to illuminate how boundaries among hybrid practices evolved in a process of historical contingencies.
Author: Camilla Stevens
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780813027074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStevens illuminates the link between the pervasive image of the family in the theater and the struggle for national and cultural identity in Cuba and Puerto Rico. By focusing on two key periods of family drama productions - the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s - she traces the historical articulation of the concepts of family and nation in the theater. Through the close readings of 16 plays, Stevens demonstrates how onstage family quarrels between husbands and wives, parents and children, and siblings allegorize divergent views of national experience and provide insight into how and by whom communities are defined, as well as how visions of national culture change over time. America and the Hispanic Caribbean to identify the role of writing in the project of constructing and defining nationhood, the place of performance in the cultural politics of representing the nation has been less rigorously investigated. Stevens's genealogy of modern Cuban and Puerto Rican drama reveals theater and performance to be a special site and activity for imagining communities.
Author: Susan Garver
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the immigrant experiences of Mexicans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans in the United States.
Author: Carmen Haydée Rivera
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2023-02-28
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1683403495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe intertwined stories of two archipelagos and their diasporas This volume is the first systematic comparative study of Cuba and Puerto Rico from both a historical and contemporary perspective. In these essays, contributors highlight the interconnectedness of the two archipelagos in social categories such as nation, race, class, and gender to encourage a more nuanced and multifaceted study of the relationships between the islands and their diasporas. Topics range from historical and anthropological perspectives on Cuba and Puerto Rico before and during the Cold War to cultural and sociological studies of diasporic communities in the United States. The volume features analyses of political coalitions, the formation of interisland sororities, and environmental issues. Along with sharing a similar early history, Cuba and Puerto Rico have closely intertwined cultures, including their linguistic, literary, food, musical, and religious practices. Contributors also discuss literature by Cuban and Puerto Rican authors by examining the aesthetics of literary techniques and discourses, the representation of psychological space on the stage, and the impacts of migration. Showing how the trajectories of both archipelagos have been linked together for centuries and how they have diverged recently, Cuba and Puerto Rico offers a transdisciplinary approach to the study of this intricate relationship and the formation of diasporic communities and continuities. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author: Jay P. Dolan
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a historical analysis of the Puerto Rican and Cuban American Catholic experience, beginning with their roots in the history of their homelands up to the closing of Vatican II. These people are difficult to assimilate into the Church as they do not see thenselves as permanently in the US.
Author: Armando B. Rendón
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Published: 1985
Total Pages: 24
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Susan Garver
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 161
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the immigrant experiences of Mexicans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans in the United States.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rodolfo O. de la Garza
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-08
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 0429715803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides basic information about the political values, attitudes and behaviors of Mexican-, Puerto Rican-, and Cuban-origin populations in the United States. It describes the extent to which U.S. citizens of Hispanic origins hold particular views and participate in specific activities.