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Silencing race : disentangling Blackness, colonialism, and national identities in Puerto Rico /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodríguez-Silva, Ileana M., 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Race relations > Puerto Rico > History > 19th century.
National characteristics, Puerto Rican.
Blacks > Race identity Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico > Colonial influence.
Working class > Puerto Rico > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Racial (dis)harmony in Puerto Rico
  • Slavery and the multi-racial-racially mixed laboring classes
  • Becoming a free worker in post-emancipation Puerto Rico
  • Liberal elites' writings : the racial dissection of the Puerto Rican specimen
  • Race and social struggles in the restructuring of late-nineteenth century Ponce
  • U.S. rule and the volatile topic of race in the public political sphere
  • Racial silencing and the organizing of Puerto Rican labor
  • Deflecting Puerto Rico's blackness
  • The heavy weight of silence.