America's colony
Subtitle: the political and cultural conflict between the United States and Puerto Rico
By: Pedro A. Malavet.
Series: Critical America
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Self-determination, National -- Puerto Rico; Identity (Psychology) -- Puerto Rico; Ethnicity -- Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Puerto Rico -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Puerto Rico
Description: "America's Colony offers a critique of Puerto Rico's current status as well as of its treatment by the U.S. legal and political systems. Puerto Rico is a colony of the United States, and Puerto Ricans living on this geographically separate island are subject to the United States' legal and political authority. They are the largest group of U.S. citizens currently living under territorial status. Malavet argues that the Puerto Rican cultural nation experiences U.S. imperialism, which compromises both the island's sovereignty and Puerto Ricans' citizenship rights. He analyzes the three alternatives to Puerto Rico's continued territorial status, examining the challenges manifest in each possibility, as well as illuminating what he believes to be the best course of action."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why I am here; title: Race, culture, colonialism, citizenships and Latina/o critical race theory; title: The legal relationship, between Puerto Rico and the Estados Unidos de Norteamérica (United States of America); title: Puerto Rican political culture; title: : Puerto Rican cultural nationhood; title: Theorizing a new reality of citizenship and nation; title: A framework for legal reform; title: Conclusion