Taino Revival: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Identity and Cultural Politics

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Gabriel Haslip-Viera

Taino Revival

Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Identity and Cultural Politics

Gabriel Haslip-Viera

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English

Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
01 April 2019

Cultural studies; Physical anthropology & ethnography; Politics & government

This stimulating and timely collection examines the Taino revival movement, a grassroots conglomeration of Puerto Ricans and other Latinos who promote or have adopted the culture and pedigree of the pre-Columbian Taino Indian population of Puerto Rico and the western Caribbean. The Tainos became a symbol of Puerto Rican identity in the 19th century, when local governments and intellectuals began to appropriate the Tainos for the conception of a socially and racially balanced Puerto Rican society. Modern critics now claim that the Taino heritage has been canonized through state-sponsored institutions, such as festivals, museums, and textbooks, at the expense of blacks. In the past, officials, alarmed at the black majorities on other the Caribbean Islands, tried to """"whiten"""" Puerto Rican society by calling all people of color Tainos. Others complain that the Taino revival lost its fervor, evolving from an anti-colonialist movement to a mere fashionable trend.

Edited by: Gabriel Haslip-Viera
Imprint: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 11mm
ISBN: 9781558762596
ISBN 10: 1558762590
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 01 April 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

GABRIEL HASLIP-VIERA, CUNY, is the author of Crime and Punishment in Late Colonial Mexico City, 1692-1810 (1999).

Reviews for Taino Revival: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Identity and Cultural Politics

"""This book addresses some of the hardest political and scholarly issues relevant to diaspora societies today. Its elegant embrace of diverse approaches makes it an exciting and unique contribution to Caribbean studies more broadly."" --Hispanic American Historical Review"