The Unruly City and the Mental Landscape of Colonized Identities: Internally Contested Nationality in Puerto Rico, 1945-1985

The Unruly City and the Mental Landscape of Colonized Identities: Internally Contested Nationality in Puerto Rico, 1945-1985

Analyzes urban crime in Puerto Rico, suggesting that the popular illegalities have profoundly problematized the predominant ideologies of natural-cultural fealty & subjectivity. It is concluded that mainstream, procolonialist, & anticolonialist perspectives have similarly addressed the crimi...

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Published in:Social text no. 38; pp. 149 - 163
Main Author: Santiago-Valles, Kelvin A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC Duke University Press 01-04-1994
Coda Press
Subjects:
Colonialism
Communities
Creoles
Crime
Dossier Puerto Rico
Ethnology
General studies
Methodology (Philosophical)
National identity
Piedra
Proletariat
Puerto Rico
Squatter settlements
Underground economies
Urban Areas
Violent crimes
Workforce
Central America
Puerto Rico
West Indies
Greater Antilles
Urban space
Economy
Minority
Proletariat
Crime
Shanty town
Labour
Social class
Identity
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Summary:Analyzes urban crime in Puerto Rico, suggesting that the popular illegalities have profoundly problematized the predominant ideologies of natural-cultural fealty & subjectivity. It is concluded that mainstream, procolonialist, & anticolonialist perspectives have similarly addressed the criminality of the island's dispossessed majority by constructing strategies & presenting visions outside of & against the poor. D. Schwartz
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ISSN:0164-2472
1527-1951
DOI:10.2307/466511