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BLPR Texts & Essays 2: 102:
 Prof. Felipe Pimentel                                                                                            
E-Mail: fpimente@hunter.cuny.edu

Call numbers for materials on reserve

Introduction: Lecture by the Instructor

A. Theoretical background: On National Identity and Cultural Tradition.

(all reading materials on reserve)
    • Smith, A.D. 1991. "National and Other Identities." In, A. D. Smith, National Identity. Reno: University of Nevada Press. 1-18 (Call number Pimentel 26)
    • Anderson, B. 1991. "Introduction." In, B. Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London: Verso Books. 1-8. (Call number Pimentel 26)
    • Smith, Anthony D. (2001). Concepts, Chapter one of Nationalism. Cambridge: Polity Press. Pages 5-20 (available on Blackboard).
    • R. Handler & J. Linnekin, 1984. "Tradition, Genuine or Spurious." Journal of American Folklore 97 (385):273-290. (Call number Pimentel 12)

    B. Puerto Rico: Historical and Political Perspective.

    • Morris, Nancy. 1995. Puerto Rico: Culture, Politics and Identity. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. (Part 1) pp. 1-65.
    • Historical Background (available on Texts and Essays)

C. "Traditional", "Marxist" & "Post-modern" views on Puerto Ricans

(all reading materials on reserve)
  • Babín, M.T. 1971. "The Inhabitants: Indians, Negroes, Jíbaros and Creoles." In, M. T. Babín, The Puerto Rican's Spirit: Their History Life and Culture. NY: Collier 27-66.(Call number Pimentel 13)
  • González, J.L. 1990. "Puerto Rico: The Four-Storyed Country." In, J. L. González, Puerto Rico: The Four-Storyed Country and Other Essays. Mapplewood, NJ: Waterfront Press. 1-30.(Call number Pimentel 14)
  • Jorge Duany (2002). "The Construction of Cultural Identities in Puerto Rico and in the Diaspora." (chapter one) The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States.

D. National Identity in Contemporary Puerto Rico

* Morris, Nancy. 1995. Puerto Rico… pp. 69-126. (Part 2)

E. The Complexity of Puerto Rican Identity: Challenges and Resiliency

      • Morris, N. 1995. Puerto Rico… pp. 129-169. (Part 3)

Mid Term Exam (March 14, 2003)

  1. Nation and Race: Reflections on Puerto Rican Ethno-Racial Identities
  • Duany, Jorge (2002). "Neither White nor Black; The Politics of Race and Ethnicity among Puerto Ricans on the Island and in the US Mainland."(chapter 10) and "Making Indians out of Blacks" (chapter 11) both in The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States.

    H. Culture in the Political Arena: "Official" vs "Popular"                                                                 

    • Dávila, Arlene. 1997. Sponsored Identities: Cultural Politics in Puerto Rico. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
    • Pimentel, Felipe. 1998 "Contested Terrain: Mapping Puerto Rican Cultural Identities in Late Modernity", The Latino Review of Books 3 (3):22-27. (Call number Pimentel 18)
    • Duany, Jorge (2002). "A Post-colonial Colony? The Rise of Cultural Nationalism in Puerto Rico." (Chapter 5) in The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States.

     

    I. Re-thinking Puerto Rican Culture: New Perspectives on Transnational Identities.

    • Jorge Duany (2002) The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002). Introduction (pages 1-11) & chapters 7, 8, 9.