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
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 (U.S.A.); 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.