{"product_id":"a-contested-caribbean-indigeneity-language-social-practice-and-identity-within-puerto-rican-taino-activism-9781978808188","title":"A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity: Language,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Contested Caribbean Indigeneity\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Taíno\/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to claim what is commonly thought to be an extinct ethnic category. It explores the historical and interactional challenges involved in claiming membership in, what for many Puerto Ricans, is an impossible affiliation. In focusing on Taíno\/Boricua activism, the books aims to identify a critical space from which to analyze and decolonize ethnoracial ideologies of Puerto Ricanness, issues of class and education, Puerto Rican nationalisms and colonialisms, as well as important questions regarding narrative, historical memory, and belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sherina Feliciano-Santos has written a compelling and vital book on the multiplicity of ways of being Puerto Rican Taino—at once rigorous and theoretically sophisticated, highlighting again the value of language-centered work to the concerns of anthropology more broadly, it is also deeply personal, highlighting again the value of doing anthropology that matters.\" -- Anthony K. Webster * author of Intimate Grammars: An Ethnography of Navajo Poetry *\u003cbr\u003e\"Sherina Feliciano-Santos’ ethnography offers us a beautifully written account that models rigorous scholarly analysis and ethical ethnographic practice as she examines controversial and critically important questions of Taino activism and identity claims within broader negotiations of Puerto Rican racial, ethnic and national identity. She reminds us of the generative value of embracing ambiguity, and incongruity and of listening carefully to what people have to say about their lives and their worlds.\" -- Gina Pérez * author of Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina\/o Youth, JROTC, and the American Dream *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations and Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Transcription Conventions\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Competing historical narratives regarding Taíno extinction \u003cbr\u003e 1 The Stakes of Being Taíno     \u003cbr\u003e 2 Historical Discourses and Debates about Puerto Rico’s Indigenous Trajectory                  \u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Puerto Rican Nation and Ethnoracial Regimes in Puerto Rico\u003cbr\u003e 3 Jíbaros and Jibaridades, Ambiguities and Possibilities          \u003cbr\u003e 4 Impossible Identities  \u003cbr\u003e Part III: Taíno Heritage and Political Mobilization\u003cbr\u003e 5 (Re)Constructing Heritage, Narratives of Linguistic Belonging\u003cbr\u003e 6 How Do You See the World as a Taíno? Conceptualizing the Taíno Gaze                           \u003cbr\u003e 7 Protest, Surveillance, and Ceremony           \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion                 \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49415235797335,"sku":"9781978808188","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781978808188.jpg?v=1730526354","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-contested-caribbean-indigeneity-language-social-practice-and-identity-within-puerto-rican-taino-activism-9781978808188","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}