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Informationen zum Autor Mérida M. Rúa is Associate Professor of Latina/o Studies and American Studies at Williams College Klappentext This interdisciplinary study¿the first book-length study of Chicago's Puerto Rican community rooted not simply in contemporary ethnographic source material but also in extensive historical research¿shows the varied ways Puerto Ricans came to understand their identities and rights within and beyond the city they made home. Zusammenfassung This interdisciplinary study--the first book-length study of Chicago's Puerto Rican community rooted not simply in contemporary ethnographic source material but also in extensive historical research--shows the varied ways Puerto Ricans came to understand their identities and rights within and beyond the city they made home. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Prologue: Field Trips and Field Notes: Reflections on Memory and Neighborhoods 1. A Femail Network of Domestics, Student Allies, and Social Workers 2. "Non-Resident Persons": Navigating the Limitations of US Citizenship 3. Neighborhood Obituaries, Resilient Communities 4. Tangled Relations of Identidad 5. "Nobody dies on the eve of their last day": Rites of Passage and Personhood 6. Communities of Reciprocal Knowledge: Home Work, Fieldwork: Research and Accountability Essay on Methodology and Sources Appendix A: Consent form Appendix B: Formulario de consentimiento Appendix C: Preliminary Questions to Ask in Formal and Informal Interviews Appendix D: Preguntas preliminares que hacer en entrevistas formales y en entrevistas informales Notes Bibliography Index
