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 Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno/Boricua activists claiming what is commonly thought to be an extinct ethnic category.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781978808188
• ISBN-10: 1978808186
• Artikelnr.: 59083169

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
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                 
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography  
Index