Experiencing Puerto Rican citizenship and cultural nationalism
By: Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781137455215
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Puerto Rican National characteristics; Nationalism; Citizenship; Puerto Ricans
Description: 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in-depth interviews with a group of Puerto Ricans who requested a certificate of Puerto Rican citizenship, legal and historical documents, and official reports not publicly accessible, Jacqueline N. Font-Guzman shares how some Puerto Ricans construct and experience their citizenship and national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'?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-217] and index.
Table of contents: title: The subjective experience of citizenship and national identity : an introduction; title: 2. A socio-legal history of Puerto Rico: an account of repression, limited democratic participation, and partial rewards; title: 3. The power of not wanting : renouncing U.S. citizenship; title: 4. Puerto Rican citizenship and construction of counter-narratives: Ram̕rez de Ferrer v. Mari Brás 144 D.P.R. 141, 1997; title: 5. Experiencing Puertorriqueńidad through citizenship; title: 6. The performativity of Puertorriqueńidad and citizenship; title: 7. Final Comments.