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?When I Was Puerto Rican?, 2004.
A review of the book, ?When I Was Puerto Rican?, by Esmeralda Santiago.
1,689 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes the book, "When I was Puerto Rican," by Esmeralda Santiago. Specifically, it answers five questions about the book based on the reading and sociological principles. It looks at how Esmeralda Santiago's autobiography, "When I was Puerto Rican", is a compelling story about the culture, mores, and societal influences that all rained down on a young girl torn between two worlds. Negi, a young Esmeralda, searches for her identity in the book, and as she does, she paints a graphic sociological picture of two cultures in two different places that eventually meld into one coherent and strong young woman.
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"There are several theoretical perspectives in the book, including interactionism, feminism, post-structuralism and postmodernism, and rational choice theory. Interactionism plays a role in the novel in the relationships between the family, and how they adapt (or do not adapt) to each other, and what these relationships ultimately mean to the family as a whole and individually. Each member of the family has a specific role, and plays it out throughout the book. Rational choice theory is observed throughout the book as the family makes living and social choices not based simply on rational thought, but based on their economic level and what is available to them, such as the house made out of lard cans in the beginning of the story."
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Puerto Rican Music, 2004.
Examines the early years (1920-1930) of Puerto Rican music in the United States.
986 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper explores the origins of Puerto Rican music during the 1920s and 1930s. Puerto Rican music has its roots in many different types of Latino music, from the Tango to the jazz, blues and ragtime from New Orleans, Mexican, Caribbean, and Cuban rhythms, and it, in turn, helped influence many of these musical types, too. The paper shows that the early years of Puerto Rican music in the United States created a lasting Latino beat that still weaves its rhythms today around the world.
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"By the 1930s, Latin music had become so popular it was replacing other types of music in East Harlem and El Barrio in New York City, and Puerto Rican dance clubs were springing up where Jewish theaters had captured audiences just a few years before. Because Puerto Ricans were migrating to New York in record numbers at the turn of the 20th century, they needed creative and artistic avenues, and hungered for familiar music during their leisure time. As Latin music grew more popular, so did the number of Puerto Ricans entering New York, and the two seemed to merge and blend into their own form of entertainment. Little by little, the Puerto Ricans came to dominate the New York music scene, overshadowing even the popular Cuban music that had become so popular with Latinos and Americans alike."
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Gender Issues of Korean and Puerto Rican Immigrants, 2002.
An analysis of how the gender roles of Korean and Puerto Rican immigrants have changed and adapted to the American environment in very different ways.
1,006 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper examines how the Korean and Puerto Rican cultures are very similar, with both based on the separation of gender roles and with women being submissive and men being dominant. It shows how once in America, both cultures have adapted to the new environment in very different ways. For the Koreans, women have began to question their roles and become more active, with the relationship becoming more equal. In contrast, the Puerto Rican gender roles have not changed much. Men remain only as workers with women taking on the role as both workers, housewives and mothers with a new generation of young women being raised as cooks and cleaners.
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"The Puerto Rican family structure is similar to the Korean one in that the female and male roles are separated. The man is responsible for earning the money, while the woman?s primary role is to look after the house and raise the children. The woman is also expected to be submissive, while the male is dominant. The woman in Puerto Rico though, were also involved in the workforce. While this was a reality, it did not change the family structure. Instead, women working was a necessity due to financial strain. A woman working then, was not a sign of her role changing, but something that had to be done for her to adeqautely care for her children."
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"The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move", 2004.
A review of "The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States (2002)" by Jorge Duany.
909 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper provides background and overview information on Puerto Rico and its people today, followed by a review of Duany's book, "The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States (2002)". A summary of the research is provided in the conclusion.
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"The author reports that the mulatto category was dropped entirely after 1920, and racial categories were diminished into bare-bone white vs. colored, non-white or Negro, a process that mirrored that taking place in the census categories on the U.S. mainland. The author notes that the official disappearance of racially intermediate types consolidated the movement from "non-white" to "white categories" in Puerto Rico, and Duany (2002: 250) suggests this occurred based on the U.S. government's attempt to apply a binary race model to a fluid multiracial situation in Puerto Rico."
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Puerto Rican and Dominican Women, 2007.
A look at the effects of migration on Puerto Rican and Dominican women in the United States.
1,492 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper examines cases studies of Puerto Rican and Dominican migrant women, and how their cultural identity is maintained or changed through various expressions, paying particular attention to the way migration and culture effect gender and vice versa.
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"While biological differences between the sexes are apparent, most academics agree that gender is socially constructed. Most fields of study concur that gender roles are determined by the society in which they are created. The field of migration studies has been integral in exposing the ways in which these roles are transformed and molded when migrants move from one society to the next. Hasia Diner, in her lecture at Montclair State University points out that merely asking "how does gender impact migration, and how does migration impact gender" (Hasia Diner lecture 3/29) has lead to fascinating discoveries in the formation and recreation of gender roles amongst migrants. Ginetta Candelario's article "Hair Race-ing Dominican Beauty Culture and Identity Production", and Elizabeth Crespo's "Puerto Rican Migration and Changes in Gender Roles" both explore the ways in which migration has impacted Dominican and Puerto Rican (respectively) female immigrants. Through the examination of the relationship between gender and identity, both writers expose the ways culture and race help to reinforce, complicate, or change gender roles when women arrive in their destination country."
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The Puerto Rican Nation, 2002.
A discussion of "The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States" by Jorge Duane.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper examines "The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States" by Jorge Duane. The author discusses the thesis of the book, research methods, key themes and offers her own evaluation of the book.
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Spanglish in Puerto Rican NYC, 2008.
The paper discusses the characteristics and results of mixing two different languages, specifically referring to 'Spanglish' speakers.
2,272 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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The paper discusses the manner in which language changes when it comes into contact with a different language. The paper relates that this change is frequently thought of as both a necessary function of transition as well as a corruption of both languages. The paper then relates that in the U.S. there is a language phenomena surrounding the amalgamation of Spanish and English, known as Spanglish, in which vocabulary from the two languages are melded together to help native Spanish speakers to be understood by others. The paper then discusses the origins and applications of this phenomena which is present in many largely Hispanic communities all over the United States.
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"Ardila also points out that Spanglish is not a true amalgamation but a manner in which English actually influences the Spanish that is spoken. In a sense the way it is described by Ardila would leave one to believe that it is truly a corruption of the Spanish rather than the English language. Many speakers utilize English forms, not just vocabulary to express him or herself among a broader community of secondary English speakers. The phenomena may be specific to the community, where members speak a respectable form of Spanish at home and speak Spanglish to be understood by the broader community. Either way, the speaker is rarely understood well by a classical Spanish speaker, with little if any knowledge of English, as form changes dramatically enough to create conflict in usage and understanding. (60-61) Similarly, Ardila contends that Spanglish might well be best understood as a very far reaching Spanish dialect, as it is barely understood by those in a Spanish speaking culture and rarely at all by a completely English speaking culture."
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Salsa Music, 2008.
This paper discusses salsa music and Puerto Rican culture.
750 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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In this article, the writer relates that the Puerto Rican people have a sense of their cultural heritage that sets them apart from other Latinos. One may hear the cultural music of Puerto Ricans, a style that the world has come to know as salsa. The writer notes that the notion of a pure Puerto Rican culture is an irony itself, however, and this can be understood from a brief consideration of salsa and its cultural representations and implications. The writer maintains that, as the music has become popular around the world, the move to bottle it and sell it has been carried out in much the same way that other colonialist movements have, with the United States recognizing a viable product to be mined in the minority culture and then sold to the world as a product for profit. The writer concludes that in this way salsa is not only characteristic of the relationship between the Puerto Rican people and the U.S., it is in some ways contributing to their ongoing exploitation.
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"It is, in other words, a beautiful mongrel mix of different cultural influences just as the Puerto Rican people themselves come from the intermixing of native Taino Indians, Spanish colonizers, and African slaves. The fact that it is in no way Puro Puerto Ricano makes it no less special or globally important. It simply is to acknowledge that it is through the stewing and brewing of cultural influences that both salsa music and Puerto Rican heritage gain their magic."
"Of course, salsa is not only important for what it says about Puerto Rican specialness. It is also important for what it says about everything in daily life of Puerto Ricans - from gender and class roles to fashion to politics."
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Juan Antonio Corretjer, 2005.
A biographical account of Puerto Rican activist, Juan Antonio Corretjer.
1,174 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper describes the life, poetry and politics of Puerto Rican political activist, Juan Antonio Corretjer. The paper also describes and analyzes some of Corretjer's writings and explains how they reflected Corretjer's political ideology as well as his infatuation with the beauty of Puerto Rico.
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"Juan Antonio Corretjer was born March 3, 1908 into a very political family. His father and uncles were involved in the Ciales Uprising in 1898, which protested the United States occupation of Puerto Rico. Corretjer was introduced to politics early in his life, when he accompanied his father and uncles to political rallies (Wikipedia). His political career continued in elementary school, when Corretjer joined the Literary Society of Jose Gautier Benitez, which was later renamed the Nationalist Youth ("Juan Antonio Correjter"). By eighth grade, Corretjer had more fully assimilated the beliefs of his family and was already demonstrating the beginnings of his career as a political activist; he organized a student protest against American authority in his town (Wikipedia). As result, Corretjer was expelled from school. In fact, Corretjer was not permitted to attend any schools in his municipality. Instead, he had to go to school in Vega Baja."
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Puerto Rico, 2005.
This paper discusses the history, politics and economics of Puerto Rico.
1,864 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper explains that Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the U.S., is located in the Caribbean Sea, one of over 7,000 tropical islands called the West Indies, is a high tourist area because of its breath-taking beauty. The author points out there is an argument about Puerto Rico becoming a state, which would lead to assimilation into the United States' culture, or remaining a commonwealth, a nation separate from the United States; however, the United States has a strong argument when it says that either Puerto Rico joins in on all the responsibilities of being a state or receive none of the benefits, if it does not become a state. The paper relates that the economy of Puerto Rico has had the benefit of a duty-free status, which has brought American owned companies; but, even though there is a minimum wage, there are not enough jobs and therefore there is a marked migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States.
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"Ignorance about Puerto Rico on behalf of Americans has existed for many years. Most Americans do not know that Puerto Ricans use American currency, that one cannot drive to Puerto Rico, and that every person born on the island is an American citizen. Many Americans are angry that Puerto Ricans receive welfare benefits and citizenship and yet they do not pay into the U.S. Treasury. However, these beliefs about Puerto Ricans are un-educated because in fact, "Against their will, Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917" (Cueto, Fernandez, Mendez ix). In order to fully understand why this is, it is important to study the history of the Puerto Rican people and then to utilize this knowledge to educate other Americans."
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Puerto Rico, 2005.
This paper discusses the recent history of Puerto Rico.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper examines the history of Puerto Rico since the U.S. took possession. The author explores its economic development at the hands of U.S. enterprises. The paper discusses the way the U.S. treats Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens and how they are looked upon as inferior.
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"Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States in giving it the same control over its internal affairs as the other U. S. states. Though Puerto Ricans are U. S. citizens ,they cannot vote in presidential elections but are represented in Congress ..."
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"When Women Love Men", 2002.
Analysis of the Rosario Ferre's novel, "When Women Love Men", and how it explores the role of women in the traditional, male-dominated, Puerto Rican society.
1,013 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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This paper briefly summarizes Rosario Ferre's book, "When Women Love Men", and discusses its theme about the social injustices suffered by women living under traditional, patriarchal societies. Examples of how Ferre conveys the message of social injustice through the portraits of his characters and the plot of the story are illustrated and explained.
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"Ferre?s literary products explore a woman's role in a traditional male-dominated society. Females are seen as victims of a culture dominated by machismo who are denied the full realization of power. The author?s social criticism is achieved through the varied portraits of women from prostitute to lady, grandparent to child. While individually disconnected, the characters? stories collectively form the voice of the Puerto Rican female?s experience. The devastating forces of class, race and gender repression deprive a woman of her full status and cast her as a casualty. Yet, ironically, she emerges as both victim and victor, for within her, also lies the possibility for liberation."
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I Remember When, 2002.
A review of "Casa: A Partial Remembrance of Puerto Rican Childhood" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, discussing womanhood and growing up as a minority.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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The paper discusses family gatherings, identity and how the author's family and childhood affected her writing style. The grandmother, an older and wiser person, was Cofer's primary influence and she is discussed throughout most of the paper. The paper presents comparisons of the grandmother.
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"Family gatherings have always been an important factor among families, especially my family. Everyone would enjoy each others company, the men in one room and the women in the other, watching the football game or telling stories. I remember hearing laughter and from the men, groans when their favorite teams weren't performing up to par. I also remember listening to the women in my family tell stories of when they were younger and remenise on the "good 'ole days". The family in "Casa: A Partial Rememberance of Puerto Rican Childhood", by Judith Ortiz Cofer, is much like mine. All of the women sit in a room and discuss life in general. These moments helped develop me into a mature woman and identify myself as they also did for Cofer. I was able to become a more self-aware person and see myself not only through those around me, but especially through my own eyes, just the same as the chats did for Cofer. Because of the gatherings, she was able to develop her love for writing stories and mature as a woman."
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Latino Imaginary, 2002.
This paper discusses Latino Imaginary and focuses on the book "From Bomba to Hip Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity" written by Juan Flores.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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The paper explains the meaning of Latino Imaginary and the position of the Latinos in the United States. This paper also gives an analysis of how the Latinos are associated with the Hispanics and how greatly they suffer as a result.
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