Puerto Rican Culture (Summer 2019)

Isla… (documentary)

Questions for in-class Final Exam here. (Some of these questions, prepared by Alessandro López aka Drolo, will be in your final exam. Be prepared to answer any one of them, because your exam will include a few of these!) Thanks.

Syllabus (Draft): here!!!

Toward the Wiki Society

College Life (you don’t do any work/assigments on any of these readings)

The corporations devouring college

The Neoliberal Arts. (article)

What is college good for (hint: more than just a job) (article)

The White Flight of Derek Black. (article)

How to live wisely (article) >>>>> read this as well!!!!

University of Chicago Strikes Back Against Campus Political Correctness>>>>> read this as well!!!!

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Puerto Rico

Renan, Ernest (1882). What is a nation?

Anderson, Benedict (1991) Chap. 3: The Origins of National Consciousness. In Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London; New York: Verso. Pp. 37-47. (PDF)

Anderson, Benedict (1991) Chap.5: Old Languages, New Models. In Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. London; New York: Verso. Pp. 67-83. (PDF)

Jiménez de Wagenheim, Olga (1998). Puerto Rico: an interpretive history from pre-columbian times to 1900. (Chapters 1-3).

Maldonado-Denis, Manuel (1972). Puerto Rico: a socio-historic interpretation. (Chapters 1-2).

Marqués,René (1977). The Docile Puerto Rican

González, José Luis (1980). The four-storeyed country.

 

La operación

War Against All Puerto Ricans

The Battle for Paradise

Nuyorican Dream 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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