What is it about?

leana M. Rodríguez-Silva, Silencing Race: Disentangling Blackness, Colonialism, and National Identities in Puerto Rico. in New West Indian Guide

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Why is it important?

It draws attention to the silencing or erasure of black Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rican history.

Perspectives

I consider that this book merits more attention and encourage people to read it.

Dr Alicia Pousada
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

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This page is a summary of: Ileana M. Rodríguez-Silva, Silencing Race: Disentangling Blackness, Colonialism, and National Identities in Puerto Rico. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. viii + 320 pp. (Cloth US$90.00), New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, January 2014, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/22134360-08803033.
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