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CENTRO JOURNAL FALL 2023 | VOLUME 35 | NUMBER 3 

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The AfroCENTRO Reader: Revisiting Black Puerto Rican Scholarship

The AfroCENTRO Reader: Revisiting Black Puerto Rican Scholarship The AfroCENTRO Reader was conceived as an accompanying piece…

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Clientelism and Corruption in the Wake of Disasters

Authors Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Wendy Prudencio, Mary Angelica Painter, Brevin Franklin Abstract Puerto Rico’s history of crises provides…

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CENTRO Journal | Spring 2023 | Volume 35 | Number 1

SPECIAL ISSUE. Centering Environmental, Ecological, Climate, and Energy Justice in Puerto Rico’s Social Justice Praxis  Editores invitados /…

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CENTRO Journal | Summer 2023 | Volume 35 | Number 2

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Puerto Rican Studies in the City University of New York: The First...

Editors María Elizabeth Pérez y González, and Virginia Sánchez Korrol Description Authored by leading scholars in the…

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Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Exiles in Late Nineteenth Centu...

Author Edgardo Meléndez Description Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Exiles in Late Nineteenth Century New York examines the…

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Not the Time to Stay: The Unpublished Plays of Victor Fragoso

Editor Consuelo Martínez-Reyes Description Not the Time to Stay brings to light for the first time the…

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Liberalism and Identity Politics: Puerto Rican Community Organizat...

Author José E. Cruz Description This book is a recollection and analysis of the role of ethnic…

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Race, Front and Center: Perspectives on Race among Puerto Ricans

Editor Carlos Vargas-Ramos Description Race, Front and Center is a collection of essays that captures the breadth…

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RHYTHM & POWER: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino C...

Editors Derrick León Washington, Priscilla Renta and Sydney Hutchinson Description The story of New York salsa is…

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Hispanic Empowerment in New York’s Municipal Workforces, 2021

Employment in municipal government is another facet of empowerment and incorporation for populations that have been historically…

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The Puerto Rico Children Vulnerability Index, 2021

This report discusses the creation of the Child Vulnerability Index (CVI), how to identify the scale and…

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Pervasive Poverty in Puerto Rico: a Closer Look

This report contextualizes the persistent poverty that exists across Puerto Rico and all its municipios, rooting its…

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Puerto Ricans in the United States Infographics, 2021

Centro’s Infographics are visual representation of the most-up-to-date socio-demographic information about the Puerto Rican population in the…

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VOL. XXXIV, NO. 1, SPRING 2022

SPECIAL ISSUE: Back to the future: The Implications of Balzac One Hundred Years Later Editores invitados /…

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VOL. XXXIV, NO. 2, SUMMER 2022

Introduction: Puerto Rican Bomba: Syncopating Bodies, Histories, and Geographies – Jade Power Sotomayor and Pablo Luis Rivera…

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VOL. XXXIV, NO. 3, FALL 2022

CENTRO Journal: Fall 2022 | Volume 34 | Number 3 ENSAYOS / ESSAYS Documentary Heritage at Risk:…

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Redistricting NYC: Demographic Change and The Hispanic Community

On July 15, 2022, the New York City Districting Commission released a preliminary plan for council districts…

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VOL. XXXIV, NO. 2, SUMMER 2022

CENTRO Journal | Summer 2022 | Volume 34 | Number 2 SPECIAL ISSUE. Beyond Corruption: From Colonial…

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The State of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. Dashboard

The Socio-Demographic Data of Puerto Ricans in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2010 – 2021 Dashboard…

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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 3, FALL 2021

IN THIS ISSUE Essays Cuentos para fomentar el turismo de Emilio S. Belaval: el caso de una obra…

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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 2, SUMMER 2021

IN THIS ISSUE Articles Nuyorican mestizaje or la gran familia neorriqueña in Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean…

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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 1, SPRING 2021

IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: Navigating Insecurity: Crisis, Power, and Protest in Puerto Rican Communities Guest editors:…

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Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislati...

If you wish to download the PDF version, please click here Introduction Hispanics are driving population growth across…

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Redistricting Threats to New York’s Hispanic Congressional Represe...

If you wish to download the PDF version, please click here Proposed redistricting maps threaten Hispanic congressional representation…

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Puerto Rico’s 2020 Population Decennial Analysis

Photo by Andy Orin on Unsplash If you wish to download the PDF version, please click here.…

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Puerto Rico’s 2020 Race/Ethnicity Decennial Analysis

If you wish to download the PDF version, please click here. Key Findings Introduction According to the…

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Four Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria Series: Aging Population

For the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at…

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Four Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria Series: Disabled Population

For the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at…

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Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislati...

Hispanics are driving population growth across the United States. This lead in population growth affords Latinos the…

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Redistricting 2020: Challenges to Hispanic Congressional Represent...

The process of apportioning political power in the United is about to begin. New York Latino U.S.…

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Puerto Ricans in the United States, 2019

In 2019, the United States had an estimated population of 5,828,706 million Puerto Ricans with the majority…

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Puerto Ricans in Florida State, 2019

In 2019, Florida had the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…

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Puerto Ricans in Virginia State, 2019

In 2019, Virginia had the 13th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…

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Puerto Ricans in New York State, 2019

In 2019, New York had the 2nd largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…

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Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania State, 2019

In 2019, Pennsylvania had the 3rd largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…

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Puerto Ricans in Massachusetts State, 2019

In 2019, Massachusetts had the 5th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…

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Puerto Ricans in New Jersey State, 2019

In 2019, New Jersey had the 4th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…

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Puerto Ricans in Georgia State, 2019

In 2019, Georgia had the largest 12th concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…

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Puerto Ricans in North Carolina State, 2019

In 2019, North Carolina had the 11th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…

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Puerto Ricans in Ohio State, 2019

In 2019, Ohio had the 10th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…

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Puerto Ricans in Illinois State, 2019

In 2019, Illinois had the 9th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…

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Puerto Ricans in California State, 2019

In 2019, California had the 8th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…

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Puerto Ricans in Texas State, 2019

In 2019, Texas had the 7th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…

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Puerto Ricans in Connecticut State, 2019

In 2019, Connecticut had the 6th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated…

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Redistricting 2020: Population Change and Hispanic Congressional R...

On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau delivered to the president of the United States results…

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Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislati...

Hispanics are driving population growth across the United States. This lead in population growth affords Latinos the…

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VOL. XXXII, NO. 1, SPRING 2020

IN THIS ISSUE Articles Revisiting Puerto Rico’s Nineteenth-Century Sugar-and-Slavery History | Francisco Scarano Disrupting Colonial Identity: Puerto…

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VOL. XXXII, NO. 2, SUMMER 2020

IN THIS ISSUE Articles New York, Puerto Rico and Cuba’s Latin Music Scenes and the Emergence of…

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VOL. XXXII, NO. 3, FALL 2020

IN THIS ISSUE Special Issue: Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local ParticipationGuest Editor: Edwin Meléndez Articles…

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Small Business Pulse Survey Shows Breadth of COVID-19 Impact on Bu...

The Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey released its first set of survey results related to the…

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Enduring Disasters: Puerto Rico, Three Years After Hurricane María

Puerto Rico has suffered the compounded effects of multiple disasters over the last three years: the devastating…

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Puerto Rican Citizen Voting-Age Population in 2019

The Puerto Rican population that is eligible to register to vote in the United States—because they are…

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Puerto Ricans in Ohio State, 2018

In 2018, Ohio had the 10th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an…

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Puerto Ricans in Ohio: 2010 – 2018

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2018, Ohio had the 10th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans…

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Puerto Ricans in Florida: 2010 – 2018

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2018, Florida had the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in…

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Centro Journal 31, no. 3 (Summer 2019)

Centro Journal 31, no. 3 (Summer 2019) IN THIS ISSUE De Bandera a Bandera (From Flag to…

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Centro Journal 31, no. 2 (Spring 2019)

Centro Journal 31, no. 2 (Spring 2019) IN THIS ISSUE Introduction—Counterstreaming: Measuring the Impact of Cultural Remittances…

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Centro Journal 31, no. 1 (Fall 2019)

Centro Journal 31, no. 1 (Fall 2019) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Ricans and transnationalism: A critical empirical…

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Centro Journal 30, no. 3 (Summer 2018)

Centro Journal 30, no. 3 (Summer 2018) IN THIS ISSUE The Look of Sovereignty: Style and Politics…

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Centro Journal 30, no. 2 (Spring 2018)

Centro Journal 30, no. 2 (Spring 2018) IN THIS ISSUE Untendered eyes: Literary politics of Julia de…

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Centro Journal 30, no. 1 (Fall 2018)

Centro Journal 30, no. 1 (Fall 2018) IN THIS ISSUE Introducción Nicolás Kanellos Lola Rodríguez de Tió…

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Centro Journal 29, no. 3 (2017)

Centro Journal 29, no. 3 (2017) IN THIS ISSUE Activism and Change among Puerto Ricans in New…

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Estimates of Post-Hurricane Maria Exodus from Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico and its population is unprecedented. Though it is difficult to find…

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Centro Journal 29, no. 2 (Summer 2017)

Centro Journal 29, no. 2 (Summer 2017) IN THIS ISSUE Resisting the Racial Binary? Puerto Rican Migrants’…

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Centro Journal 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017)

Centro Journal 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017) IN THIS ISSUE Slippery semantics: Race talk and everyday uses…

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Centro Journal 28, no. 2 (Fall 2016)

Centro Journal 28, no. 2 (Fall 2016) IN THIS ISSUE Julia de Burgos’ Writing for Pueblos Hispanos:…

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Centro Journal 28, no. 1 (Spring 2016)

Centro Journal 28, no. 1 (Spring 2016) IN THIS ISSUE The Puerto Rican Colonial Matrix: The Etiology…

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Centro Journal 27, no. 2 (Fall 2015)

Centro Journal 27, no. 2 (Fall 2015) IN THIS ISSUE The antifoundational foundational fiction of Piri Thomas…

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Centro Journal 27, no. 1 (Spring 2015)

Centro Journal 27, no. 1 (Spring 2015) IN THIS ISSUE Introduction to the Special Issue—José Luis Morín…

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Centro Journal 26, no. 2 (Fall 2014)

Centro Journal 26, no. 2 (Fall 2014) IN THIS ISSUE Central Park Rumba: Nuyorican Identity and The…

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Centro Journal 26, no. 1 (Spring 2014)

Centro Journal 26, no. 1 (Spring 2014) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Guest…

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Centro Journal 25, no. 2 (Fall 2013)

Centro Journal 25, no. 2 (Fall 2013) IN THIS ISSUE Polémicas, feministas, puertorriqueñas y desconocidas: Clotilde Betances…

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Centro Journal 25, no. 1 (Spring 2013)

Centro Journal 25, no. 1 (Spring 2013) IN THIS ISSUE The “Puerto Ricanization” of Florida: Historical Background…

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Centro Journal 24, no. 1 (Spring 2012)

Centro Journal 24, no. 1 (Spring 2012) IN THIS ISSUE The education of the Puerto Rican diaspora:…

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Centro Journal 24, no. 2 (Fall 2012)

Centro Journal 24, no. 2 (Fall 2012) IN THIS ISSUE Functions and valorization of language in Puerto…

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Centro Journal 12, no. 1 (Fall 2000)

Centro Journal 12, no. 1 (Fall 2000) IN THIS ISSUE The Work of Juan Sánchez—Gladys Jiménez-Muñoz La…

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