analyze and write about this topic
Puerto Rico: The Nuyorican Café as a way of searching for an identity. (You must refer to this New York project, referring to the theoretical readings and you can also refer to the film Piñero.
Some of the readings are: “Julia de Burgos, una poetisa que ayudó a moldear la identidad puertorriqueña”Links to an external site.
Am the Life, the Strength, the Woman”
Category: Latin History
Write a response paper on Abreu’s Rhythms of Race.For example, in writing on Abreu, the paper
can analyze the manner that the experience of Afro-Cuban musicians varied from that of
their fellow Cuban musicians and what this tell us about the ways that race mattered as
Cuban immigrants in the United States. Another potential topic is to reflect on the process of assimilation of Cuban experience in the book —what were the expectations of these individuals in terms of becoming “accepted” in US society. Or, one can just focus on latin muscians by offering an assessment of the author’s argument for gaining insight into how Latinos as a whole are racialized within US society, how they are treated as expendable (and exploitable) labor, and the ways that Latinos seek to counteract these institutions
agree or disagree with the author’s argument. Your critique must use evidence (quotes) to build your argument by citing specific examples from the readings (include page numbers).