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