The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico (eBook)

Revisited

Amílcar Antonio Barreto (Autor)

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2020 | 2. Auflage
262 Seiten
University of Florida Press (Verlag)
9781683401148 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1991, the Puerto Rican government abolished bilingualism, claiming that “Spanish only” was necessary to protect the culture from North American influences. A few years later bilingualism was restored and English was promoted in public schools.



This revised edition of The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico is updated with an emphasis on the dual arenas where the language controversy played out—Puerto Rico and the United States Congress—and includes new data on the connections between language and conflicting notions of American identity. This book shows that officials in both San Juan and Washington, along with English-first groups, used these language laws as weapons in the battle over U.S.-Puerto Rican relations and the volatile debate over statehood.

Autor

Amílcar Antonio Barreto is professor of cultures, societies, and global studies at Northeastern University. He is the author of several books, including Nationalism and Its Logical Foundations, and is coeditor of American Identity in the Age of Obama.

Inhalt

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

1.Culture, Identity, and Policy

2.Spanish and Puertorriqueñidad

3.The Power of English

4.The Politics of Status

5.Reviving the Language Debate

6.The Official Language Act of 1991

7.Rational Politics

8.Culture, Policy, and Nested Games

9.Congress and Conflicting Notions of American Identity

10.Restoring Official Bilingualism

11.Creating a Bilingual Citizenry

12.Washington’s Passive Torpedoing of Statehood

13.Looking Forward

Appendices

Notes

References

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.1.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 4 b/w illus, 6 b/w tables
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Bilingualism • Cultural History • Language and Culture • Language Policy • Politics and government • Puerto Rico
• ISBN-13: 9781683401148 / 9781683401148