Us According to Them: Stateside Portrayals of Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010 by Domenech, Ligia T.

Us According to Them: Stateside Portrayals of Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010

The acquisition of Puerto Rico as a colony in 1898 prompted the interest of many in the...
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Author: Ligia T. Domenech
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Language: English
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Us According to Them: Stateside Portrayals of Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010 by Domenech, Ligia T.

Us According to Them: Stateside Portrayals of Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010

$142.19

Us According to Them: Stateside Portrayals of Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010

$142.19
Author: Ligia T. Domenech
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The acquisition of Puerto Rico as a colony in 1898 prompted the interest of many in the United States--the military, correspondents, investors, missionaries, politicians, scientists, and tourists. Wanting to know more about Puerto Rico, its inhabitants, and its potential utility, many of these curious but untrained observers visited the island and documented their experiences for the benefit of future visitors. Decades later, readers continue to revisit these writings and create new accounts that explore the "effects of American civilization" on Puerto Rican society.

In Us According to Them: Stateside Portrayals of Puerto Ricans and Their Culture, 1898-2010, Puerto Rican historian Ligia T. Domenech exposes the distorted mirror turned on Puerto Rico, one constructed through the eyes of foreigners. Each of the eighteen chapters focuses on a different aspect of mainland US descriptions of Puerto Rican culture--from gender, race, and class to music, religion, and food. Accurate or not, books on Puerto Rico have contained perceptions about Puerto Ricans and their world that continue to shape opinions held by US citizens dwelling stateside. This book explores the lasting impacts of these repeated stereotypes on the collective understandings of both the colonizer and the colonized.

Author: Ligia T. Domenech
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 02/26/2025
Pages: 442
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.89lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9781496854605

About the Author
Ligia T. Domenech is an independent history researcher and educator with a PhD in history from the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. She is author of Imprisoned in the Caribbean: The 1942 German U-Boat Blockade and has contributed to such books as Island at War: Puerto Rico in the Crucible of the Second World War, the latter published by University Press of Mississippi.

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