Boricua Power: A Political History of Puerto Ricans in the United StatesNYU Press, 01/03/2007 - 278 من الصفحات Where does power come from? Why does it sometimes disappear? How do groups, like the Puerto Rican community, become impoverished, lose social influence, and become marginal to the rest of society? How do they turn things around, increase their wealth, and become better able to successfully influence and defend themselves? |
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... result of the interests and passions we have in the values possessed by others . We seek rewards from others , avoid punishment from some , and meet our needs for affection , sustenance , and gain from an assortment of other people ...
... result of El Jefe's lust for her . She wants to become a lawyer in a male - dominated society and Trujillo can make it possible . At that mo- ment , because of his lust , she has him in her hands . She can use El Jefe against her father ...
... results are deprivation, jail, or death. Puerto Ricans, according to the poet Pedro Pietri, “must work until they have saved enough money for a good down payment on a semi-decent credit card funeral.”7 Puerto Ricans, thus, lose social ...
... result from and invoke any number of human senses—from reason to habit to hedonistic pleasure. Whatever agents' motivations or states, it is their in- terests that launch them into an engagement with other agents and that offer the ...
... result from the interest in values that can only be achieved by dancing with others. Each of the examples discussed below demonstrates the ubiq- uity of dance-like qualities in the constitution of power. Parents know that babies are ...
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The Rise of Radicalism World War II to | 96 |
Puerto Rican Marginalization | 129 |
The Young Lords the Media and Cultural Estrangement | 171 |
Conclusion | 210 |
Notes | 253 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 275 |