Author: Peter E. SiegelPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817352384
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 447
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Ancient Borinquen
Author: Peter E. SiegelPublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817352384
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 447
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Tales of Borinquen (puerto Rico)
Author: Mrs. Elizabeth Kneipple Van DeusenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puerto Rico
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Being Bilingual in Borinquen
Author: Alicia PousadaPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443896071
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
The Spanish-speaking island of Puerto Rico (also known as Borinquen) has had a complex linguistic landscape since 1898, due to the United States’ colonial imposition of English as the language of administration and education. Even after 1948, when Puerto Rico was finally permitted to hold its own gubernatorial elections and determine its own language policies, controversy regarding how best to achieve bilingualism continued. Despite many studies of the language dynamic of the island, the voices of the people who actually live there have been muted. This volume opens with a basic introduction to bilingualism, with special reference to Puerto Rico. It then showcases twenty-five engaging personal histories written by Puerto Rican language professionals which reveal how they became bilingual, the obstacles faced, the benefits accrued, and the linguistic and cultural future they envision for themselves and their children. The closing chapter analyzes the commonalities of their richly detailed stories as well as the variability of their bilingual life experiences in order to inform a more nuanced language policy for Puerto Rico. The linguistic autobiographies will resonate with bilinguals of all kinds in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, as well as those in other countries. The main message that emerges from the book is that there are many routes to multilingualism, and one-size-fits-all language policies are doomed to miss their mark.
Ancient Borinquen
Author: Peter E. SiegelPublisher: University Alabama Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Puerto Rico, Borinquen Querida
Author: Publisher: Imagenes Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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"Five centuries after Columbus discovered and the Spanish colonized Borinquen, Puerto Rico is today the oldest European settlement under the American flag. And yet, nearly a century after the Stars and Stripes were first raised over Puerto Rico, it remains the least understood part of America. Separated from the mainland by hundreds of miles of ocean and cultural, linguistic and historical divide of proportionate magnitude, Puerto Rico and her people remain enigmas to the vast majority of Americans on the continent. Paradoxically, those elements which contribute to this gap in understanding are the very factors which make Puerto Rico the most fascinating and complex of the many parts of the American whole, a unique cultural blend of the Spanish-Caribbean joie de vivre and the North American drive for organization and forward-thinking. In this new volume author-photographer Roger LaBrucherie (whose first book about the island, Images of Puerto Rico, has been a best-seller since its publication in 1984) has focused on his sentimental attachment for the island's natural beauty and cultural heritage. The result is a stunning and insightful depiction of this complex and beautiful island, a book which will educate those who are just getting to know Puerto Rico, as surely as it will delight those for whom Borinquen is home." -- Publisher's description
Adiós, Borinquen Querida
Author: Edna Acosta-BelénPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Borinquen; an Anthology of Puerto Rican Literature
Author: María Teresa BabínPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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De Borinquen a Hawaii Nuestra Historia
Author: Blase Camacho SouzaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hawaii
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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La Borinqueña
Author: Edgardo Miranda-RodriguezPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692789940
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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La Borinqueña is a patriotic symbol presented in a classic superhero story. Her powers are drawn from elements and mysticism found on the island of Puerto Rico. The fictional character, Marisol Rios De La Luz, is a Columbia University Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate student living with her parents Flor De La Luz Rojas and Oscar 'Chango' Rios Velez in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She takes a semester of study abroad in collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico. There she explores the caves of Puerto Rico: Ventana, La Cueva del Indio, Las Cuevas de Camuy, La Cueva del Viento and the caves at the Julio Enrique Monagas National Park. At each of these caves she finds five similar sized crystals. Atabex, the Taino mother goddess, appears before Marisol once the crystals are united and summons her sons Yúcahu and Juracan. Yúcahu, God of the seas and the mountains gives Marisol her superhuman strength. Juracan, god of the hurricanes gives her the power of flight and control of the wind.
Annual Report
Author: Puerto Rico. Institute of tourismPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puerto Rico
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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