Politics of Language in Puerto Rico

Revisited

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvAmílcar Antonio Barreto

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In 1991, the Puerto Rican government abolished bilingualism, claiming that "Spanish only" was necessary to protect the culture from North American influences. A few years later bilingualism was restored and English was promoted in public schools.This revised edition of The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico is updated with an emphasis on the dual arenas where the language controversy played out—Puerto Rico and the United States Congress—and includes new data on the connections between language and conflicting notions of American identity. This book shows that officials in both San Juan and Washington, along with English-first groups, used these language laws as weapons in the battle over U.S.-Puerto Rican relations and the volatile debate over statehood.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-02-04
Mått151 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt525 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor262
Upplaga2
FörlagUniversity Press of Florida
ISBN9781683401131

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ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgments1. Culture, Identity, and Policy2.Spanish and Puertorriqueñidad3.The Power of English4.The Politics of Status5.Reviving the Language Debate6. The Official Language Act of 19917.Rational Politics8.Culture, Policy, and Nested Games9.Congress and Conflicting Notions of American Identity10.Restoring Official Bilingualism11.Creating a Bilingual Citizenry12.Washington's Passive Torpedoing of Statehood13.Looking ForwardAppendicesNotesReferencesIndex

A significant contribution to the continuing contentious debate on the status of Puerto Rico. . . . In addition to archival resources, the author includes interviews with prominent Puerto Rican political leaders in and out of government to provide a historical and contemporary basis for understanding the language issue on the island."—Choice"A welcome addition to the literature on American politics . . . because it broadens the debate concerning what Puerto Rico is actually all about."—American Political Science Review"A systematic analysis of the factors that explain the Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) government's decision of making Spanish the only official language of the island in 1991. . . . Shows how the autonomist governor Rafael Hernández Colón wanted to send a political message to Congress and to federal policymakers about the cultural and linguistic unfeasibility of statehood for Puerto Rico."—Centro Journal