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Meridians (2006) 7 (1): 162–182.
Published: 01 September 2006
... defined my life across and within Puerto Rico and U.S. racial and political borders. Through personal accounts of my lived experience in both locations, I compare Puerto Rico's racialization process of mestizaje-an ideology that purports a state of harmonious race relations in which discrimination...
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Figure 1. Groundaction . Loíza, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Welmo E. Romero Joseph.
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Figure 2. I Got Something to Tell. Loíza, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Welmo E. Romero Joseph.
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Figure 3. Can You See Me? Loíza, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Welmo E. Romero Joseph.
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Figure 4. The Flower Technique. Loíza, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Welmo E. Romero Joseph.
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Figure 5. (Re)Connecting. Loíza, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Welmo E. Romero Joseph.
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Figure 6. Everybody Get Down. Loíza, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Welmo E. Romero Joseph.
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Figure 8. Healing Hands. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Gloribel Delgado Esquilín.
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Figure 9. On Becoming . . . San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Gloribel Delgado Esquilín.
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Figure 10. Warrior in Headwrap. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Gloribel Delgado Esquilín.
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Meridians (2024) 23 (2): 439–464.
Published: 01 October 2024
...Aurora Santiago Ortiz Abstract Colectiva Feminista en Construcción (La Cole) is a Black feminist political organization that emerged in 2014 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This article discusses the ways La Cole’s public discourse around sexism, racism, and homophobia in the archipelago is articulated...
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Meridians (2018) 17 (1): 97–106.
Published: 01 September 2018
...Figure 1. Groundaction . Loíza, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Welmo E. Romero Joseph. ...
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Meridians (2016) 14 (2): 56–70.
Published: 01 September 2016
...Ana Irma Rivera Lassén; Manuela Borzone; Alexander Ponomareff Abstract Since the beginnings of 1970s activism in Puerto Rico, like in other countries, there have been tensions between dialogues about race and feminism. Tensions between feminisms and Afrodescendant women's movements persist. As part...
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Meridians (2020) 19 (1): 65–84.
Published: 01 April 2020
...Laura Briggs Abstract Debt and imperialism have long been crucial questions for transnational feminism. This article attends particularly to recent and historical traditions of resistance in Puerto Rico and the wider Caribbean. It argues that part of the intellectual and political struggle has been...
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Meridians (2020) 19 (2): 360–382.
Published: 01 October 2020
...Marie Cruz Soto Abstract This article delves into the history of medical institutions, birthing practices, and reproductive rights in Vieques. The exploration exposes contradictions at the heart of Puerto Rico’s colonial modernity. Around the middle of the twentieth century, Puerto Ricans were...
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Meridians (2020) 19 (2): 278–294.
Published: 01 October 2020
...Vanessa Rosa Abstract Drawing on family photographs and documents, as well as archival research, the author reflects on her grandmother’s migration to New York City from Puerto Rico in the mid-1940s and examines her journey and new life in New York in relation to the broader sociopolitical context...
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Meridians (2020) 19 (S1): 279–307.
Published: 01 December 2020
... . Bátances Samuel . 1972 . “ The Prejudice of Having No Prejudice in Puerto Rico. ” Part 1. The Rican 2 : 41 – 54 . Bátances Samuel . 1973 . “ The Prejudice of Having No Prejudice in Puerto Rico. ” Part 2. The Rican 3 : 22 – 37 . Briggs Laura . 2003 . Reproducing Empire: Race...
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Figure 7. #Selfie #TurbanteoConsciente #AfroCaribbean #I’mBlackandI’mProud. Loíza, Puerto Rico, 2016. © Welmo E. Romero Joseph.
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Meridians (2009) 9 (1): 83–112.
Published: 01 September 2009
... and place exert significant influence on how they represent sex and sexuality in their work. In this case, it is perhaps not surprising that given their coming of age in Puerto Rico during the mid 1940sand 1960s respectively, neither Pantoja nor Lopez Torregrosa uses the "L"word to describe herself...
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Meridians (2023) 22 (2): 446–474.
Published: 01 October 2023
... (Silver 2010 ). Orlando also experienced a surge in migration from Puerto Rico with the opening of Walt Disney’s theme park in 1971, which brought jobs and increased real estate speculation in the area (Delerme 2014 ). By 1980 the Puerto Rican population in Florida had tripled (Duany and Silver 2010...
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