A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity - 9781978808171

A Contested Caribbean IndigeneityLanguage, Social Practice, and Identity Within Puerto Rican Tano Activism\nAuthor(s): Sherina Feliciano-Santos\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978808171, 978-1978808171\nSynopsis\nA Contested Caribbean Indigeneity is an in-depth analysis of the debates surrounding Tano/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 Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, media analysis, and historical documents, the book explores the varied experiences and motivations of Tano/Boricua activists as well as the alternative fonts of authority they draw on to claim what is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 Tano/Boricua activism, the books aims to identify a critical space fr.