Remarks on The People of Puerto Rico

2001 ◽  
pp. 38-48
Author(s):  
Eric R. Wolf
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
The People

A View from Inside: Understanding Puerto Rico Cockfighting

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Úrsula A. Aragunde-Kohl ◽  
Yahaira Segarra-González ◽  
Liza M. Meléndez-Samó ◽  
Ivemarie Hernández-Rivera ◽  
Carolina Quiles-Peña
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
The Third ◽  
The People

Abstract The purpose of this research was to better understand the beliefs and practices that the residents of Puerto Rico have regarding cockfighting, including their perception of the recently passed prohibition against nonhuman animal fighting on the island. It had an exploratory descriptive design consisting of three phases, where the qualitative data obtained from phase one would guide the process of identifying variables that could be measured. In the second phase, an instrument was developed, and in the third, it was administered. Most of the participants agreed with the prohibition of cockfighting in Puerto Rico and that it was necessary. The data showed that there is a disconnect between what the federal government of the United States legislated, what the local government and agencies that were supposed to enforce the prohibition did with the legislation, and what the people directly affected by the legislation received for education and guidance.

scholarly journals Engaging for Puerto Rico: #RickyRenuncia (and #RickySeQueda) during El Verano del 19 and digital identities

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo T Perez-Rivera ◽  
Christopher Torres Lugo ◽  
Alexis R Santos-Lozada
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Social Activism ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Political ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Puerto Rican Diaspora

Between July 13-24, 2019 the people of Puerto Rico took the streets after a series of corruption scandals shocked the political establishment. The social uprising resulted in the ousting of the Governor of Puerto Rico (Dr. Ricardo Rosselló, Ricky), the resignation of the majority of his staff something unprecedented in the history of Puerto Rico; this period has been called El Verano del 19 (Summer of 19). Social media played a crucial role in both the organization and dissemination of the protests, marches, and other activities that occurred within this period. Puerto Ricans in the island and around the world engaged in this social movement through the digital revolution mainly under the hashtag #RickyRenuncia (Ricky Resign), with a small counter movement under the hashtag #RickySeQueda (Ricky will stay). The purpose of this study is to illustrate the magnitude and grass roots nature of the political movement’s social media presence, as well as their characteristics of the population of both movements and their structures. We found that #RickyRenuncia was used approximately one million times in the period of analysis while #RickySeQueda barely reached 6,000 tweets. Particularly, the pervasiveness of cliques in the #RickySeQueda show concentrations of authority dedicated to its propagation, whilst the #RickyRenuncia propagation was much more distributed and decentralized with little to no interaction between significant nodes of authority. Noteworthy was the role of the Puerto Rican diaspora in the United States of America and around the world, contributing close to 40% of all geo-located tweets. Finally, we found that the Twitter followers of the former governor had indicators of being composed of two distinct populations: 1) those active in social media and 2) those who follow the account but who are not active participants of the social network. We discuss the implications of these findings on the interpretation of emergence, structure and dissemination of social activism and countermovement to these activities in the context of Puerto Rico.

Editorials: The Field Investigator's Problems

1954 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
The People

In this issue the editors present a series of articles which, in a number of ways, point up the problems that confront the field investigator. Against the backdrop of Jamaica, Puerto Rico, West Africa, Talladega, Alabama, "Springdale," New York, and a factory in New York, our authors consider methods of conducting field studies and the various ways the people studied manifest their intractability.

Lessons Learned from the Humanitarian Hurricane Medical Relief Response of the US Army 14th Combat Support Hospital for the People of Humacao, Puerto Rico

2018 ◽  
Vol 227 (4) ◽  
pp. S185
Author(s):  
Bethany M. Heidenreich ◽  
Daniel J. Sessions ◽  
Diane F. Hale ◽  
Christopher Jordan ◽  
Eric P. Ahnfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Medical Relief

Puerto Rico: On Letting the People Decide

Worldview ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 11-12
Author(s):  
George McDougall
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
The United States ◽  
The People ◽  
New Republic ◽  
The U.S

Every so often some “scholarly commentator” suggests that the United States should admit it made a mistake when it acted unilaterally to annex Puerto Rico in 1898. To remedy the damage, such writers argue, the United States should now take the initiative in preparing Puerto Rico to become an independent nation. To help atone for his eighty years of “colonial” intervention they would have Uncle Sam be both sympathetic and generous in helping the new republic get started: Plenty of transitional assistance would be provided, and there would be “continuing warm friendship” after the final break. Once Puerto Rico is turned loose, it is explained, its people would at least be “free,” the U.S. would have extricated itself honorably from an expensive international embarrassment, and we could all live happily ever after.

Parading the Carnivalesque: Masking Circum-Caribbean Demands

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
African Diaspora ◽  
Cultural Authority ◽  
The People ◽  
The Caribbean

This chapter examines the Carnival and other parade dancing that have brought the people of the African Diaspora together in festive merrymaking. More specifically, it highlights the Carnivalesque experience associated with Circum-Caribbean parading, from Carnaval in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, and Martinique to the Kanaval in Haiti, the Jonkonnu in Jamaica, and the Saints Day Processions in the Caribbean. The chapter begins with an overview of the characteristics of Carnival dance and goes on to describe and compare major masking and parade dance traditions in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and Brazil. It argues that Carnival dancing not only functions as a form of entertainment, but in many cases as a medium for sociopolitical criticism, and especially for challenging social and cultural authority. The chapter concludes with an assessment of carnivalesque's contemporary messages.

scholarly journals Book Reviews

1983 ◽  
Vol 57 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 230-278
Author(s):  
Redactie KITLV
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Social History ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Graphic Arts ◽  
Haitian Creole ◽  
The People ◽  
Slum Dwellers ◽  
Siglo Xix

-Jean Benoist, Jean-Luc Bonniol, Terre-de-Haut des Saintes: contraintes insulaires et particularisme ethnique dans la Caraïbe. Paris: Editions Caribéennes, 1980. 377 pp.-Drexel G. Woodson, Michel S. Laguerre, The complete Haitiana: a bibliographic guide to the scholarly literature, 1900-1980. Millwood NY and Lodon: Kraus International Publications. 2 vols., lxxiii + 1562 pp.-Mervyn C. Alleyne, Albert Valdman, Haitian Creole - English - French Dictionary. Written with Sara Yoder, Craige Roberts, Yves Joseph et al. Bloomington: Indiana University Creole Institue, 1981. 2 vols.: xx + 582 pp., 142 pp.-John V. Murra, Jacques Carmeleau Antoine, Jean Price-Mars and Haiti. Washington, D.C.: Three Continents Press, 1981. v + 224 pp.-Reginald Butler, Gertrude Fraser, James A. Rawley, The transatlantic slave-trade: a history. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1981. xiv + 452 pp.-A.J.R. Russell-Wood, A.C. de C.M. Saunders, A social history of black slaves and freedmen in Portugal, 1441-1555. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. xviii + 283 pp.-Frank Spencer, Nancy Stepan, The idea of race in science: Great Britain, 1800-1960. Hamden CT: Archon Books (Shoe String Press), 1982. xxi + 230 pp.-Helen I. Safa, Margaret Randall, Women in Cuba: twenty years later. Photographs by Judy Janda. New York: Smyrna Press, 1981. 167 pp.-Helen I. Safa, Inger Holt-Seeland, Women of Cuba. Photographs by Jorgen Schytte. (Translated from the Spanish by Elizabeth Hamilton Lacoste with Mirtha Quintanales and José Vigo). Westport CT: Lawrence Hill, 1982. 109 pp.-Alex Stepick, Douglas S. Butterworth, The people of Buena Ventura: relocation of slum dwellers in postrevolutionary Cuba. Urbana, Chicago and London: University of Illinois Press, 1980. xxix + 157 pp.-Laird W. Bergad, Fernando Picó, Amargo café: los pequeños y medianos caficultores de Utuado en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracán, 1981. 162 pp.-John Holm, Jaime Wheelock Roman, La Mosquitia en la Revolución. Centro de Investigación y Estudios de la Reforma Agraria. Managua, Nicaragua: Colección Blas Real Espinales, 1981. 308 pp.-Edward Dew, Henk Boom, Staatsgreep in Suriname: de opstand van de sergeanten op de voet gevolgd. Utrecht/Amsterdam: Veen, Uitgeverij, 1982. 192 pp.-Angela M. Carreño, René Römer, Curacao. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes, 1981. 244 pp.-Klaus de Albuquerque, William W. Boyer, Civil liberties in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 1917-1949. St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: Antilles Graphic Arts, 1982, xi + 184 pp.

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