Centro Journal 20, no. 1 (Spring 2008)

Centro Journal 20, no. 1 (Spring 2008)

IN THIS ISSUE

Special Section: Functions and valorization of language in Puerto Rico
Guest Editor:Alicia Pousada

Functions and valorization of language in Puerto Rico: An introduction
Alicia Pousada

“Language is our only homeland”: An interview with Luz María Umpierre
Carmen Haydée Rivera

Delegitimizing oppressive culture: The voice of counter-discourse in Umpierre’s poetic work
Alma Simounet

Poem: White blindness
Elidio la Torre Lagares

Poem: Learning Spanish
Richard Marx Weinraub

Poem: You are now entering Bronx Piedras!
Urayoan Noel

Fifo’s Pizza
José Delgado-Costa

Negotiating el difícil: Uses of English text in a rural Puerto Rican community
Catherine M. Mazak

The social and educational inequalities of black students studying English in rural Puerto Rico
Elena González Rivera

Puerto Rican language use on Myspace.com
Kevin Carroll

Lengua, poder y estrategias en los tribunales de justicia: análisis discursivo de cuatro vistas para determinación de causa en el tribunal de San Juan de Puerto Rico
Aida Vergne

The mandatory use of English in the federal court of Puerto Rico
Alicia Pousada

María Vaquero y el desarrollo de la lingüística hispánica en Puerto Rico
María Inés Castro

Other essays

Inhabiting Isla Nena: Imperial dramas, gendered geographical imaginings and Vieques, Puerto Rico
Marie Cruz Soto

Brothels, hell and Puerto Rican bodies: Sex, race, and other cultural politics in 21st century artistic representations
Hilda Lloréns

Both ways: Entrevista a Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, autora de Caribe Two Ways (2003)
Francisco Cabanillas

Review Essay

Poverty, culture and social capital in Puerto Rican urban communities
Felipe Pimentel

Book Reviews:

None of the Above: Puerto Ricans in the Global Era 
By Frances Negrón-Muntaner 
Reviewed by Rubén Ríos Ávila

Latinos and American Law: Landmark Supreme Court Cases 
By Carlos R. Soltero
Reviewed by Jodie G. Roure

The State and Small-Scale Fisheries in Puerto Rico 
By Ricardo Pérez 
Reviewed by David Griffith

Cayeyanos: familias y solidaridades en la historia de Cayey 
By Fernando Picó 
Reviewed by José O. Sola

Cave of the Jagua: The Mythological World of the Taínos
By Antonio M. Stevens-Arroyo 
Reviewed by Luis N. Rivera-Pagán

Puerto Rico in the American Century: A History since 1898 
By César J. Ayala and Rafael Bernabe 
Reviewed by Pedro San Miguel

La que te llama vida: Inés M. Mendoza Rivera, su vida interior en sus diarios y cartas 
By Daisy Sánchez Collazo 
Reviewed by Mario Pérez Miranda

Emotional Bridges to Puerto Rico: Migration, Return Migration, and the Struggles of Incorporation
By Elizabeth Aranda 
Reviewed by Maura I. Toro-Morn