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Papers On Puerto Rico
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Negron-Muntaner/Barbie's Hair
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A 3 page paper that discusses this essay. A doll seems like an unlikely candidate for controversy. Yet, yet Frances Negron-Muntaner, in her essay "Barbie's Hair," describes how controversy immediately arose when the Mattel Toy Company released a Puerto Rican version of their famous Barbie doll in 1997. Communities, both in Puerto Rico and the mainland US, associated the doll with cultural connotations that involved "Puerto Rican identity" (Negron-Muntaner 39). The author of this provocative essay makes a number of pertinent points about this version of Barbie within the context of popular culture, however, two of the most intriguing points made in the essay are the significance that was attached to the meaning of the doll's hair and how this related to Puerto Rican identity and also how the doll represented a political position in terms of Puerto Rico's place on the world stage. No additional sources cited.
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Planning And Administration Of Infraestructural Vial In Puerto Rico
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This 3 page paper is a proposal to conduct a study on the entitled topic. More specifically, the issue is the overcrowding of highways and roads and the need for change. Specific questions answered in this essay include: the purpose of the study, the theoretical foundation, the research questions, how research will be conducted and the beginning source material. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PGprco.rtf
Puerto Ricans in New York City.
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(5 pp) The salsa is hot and the music is great,
but are things really improving that much under
the glitz of the Big Apple? Bibliography lists
8 sources.
Filename: BBptrNYR.doc
Puerto Rico & US Colonialism
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An 8 page research paper that explores the effects of US colonialism on Puerto Rico. The writer argues that an examination of Puerto Rican history demonstrates that 100 years of US domination has meant oppression and ruin for many of the people inhabiting this island. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Puerto Rico and the Death Penalty
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This 5 page paper addresses this issue in general and in terms of Puerto Rico. The bar association is a focal point in this essay. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA815PR.rtf
Puerto Rico: Climate Cloaks Tensions.
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( 5 pp) The mild tropical climate of Puerto Rico
cloaks some of the tensions that are building on
this island nation. Puerto Rico remained under
Spanish rule until 1898, when , as a result of the
Spanish-American War, the island was ceded to the
United States in 1917. Puerto Rico remains a U.S.
territory with an internal self-government and has
been under a commonwealth form of government since
1952. Its citizens have no voting rights, and it
and does not have any voting representative in the
Congress of the United States. Bibliography lists
6 sources.
Filename: BBpuertR.doc
Studies of Latinos in the United States by Gonzalez and Flores in Regards to Political Participation, Myths about Immigrants, Free Trade Zones and Cultural Hybridity
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This is a 5 page paper discussing Gonzalez’ and Flores’ works on Latinos in the United States. Juan Gonzalez’ “Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America” (2000) and Juan Flores’ “From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity” (2000) address several issues relating to Hispanics in the United States and in turn the affect the United States has on Latin America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean countries in regards to free trade agreements. Gonzalez addresses among other issues the barriers encountered by Latinos to fully participate in the U.S. political system, the myths portraying Latino immigration as a burden to the government, and the impact of the free trade zones. Flores provides an extensive coverage of the Puerto Rican experience in the United States including the feeling of cultural hybridity. Together these two authors have provided an important collection of material needed in the study and understanding of the extensive population and multicultural issues which relate to Latinos and the United States.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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