Contemporary Approaches and Future Directions For Research on Puerto Rican Diasporic Communities.
This special issue examines the evolving contours of Puerto Rican diasporic life amid shifting sociopolitical, economic, and cultural conditions in both the archipelago and the mainland United States. Against the backdrop of rising xenophobia, persistent US colonial governance, and demographic trans...
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Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos (Center for Puerto Rican Studies)
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