article
EL HILO QUE NOS UNE/the thread that binds us: becoming a Puerto Rican woman
oral history review • 16 (2) • Published In 1988 • Pages: 29-40
By: Alvarez, Celia.
Abstract
This article gives voice to the hardships of Puerto Rican women who grew up with three strikes against them: being women in a strict patriarchal culture, being Puerto Rican in a prejudicial Anglo-American society, and being poor in an affluent society. Alvarez also writes about her own experience of prejudice attending parochial schools outside of her neighborhood, high schools in wealthier and whiter neighborhoods, and even graduate school where her professors admonished her for her research interest in Puerto Rican women. Alvarez's identifies her own struggles with those of her informants and argues that acknowledging this commonalty is an important step in the process of liberation.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Educator
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard;2000
- Field Date
- Not Specified
- Coverage Date
- 1920-1970
- Coverage Place
- New York, N.Y., United States
- Notes
- Celia Alvarez
- 'Stories to live by : continuity and change in three generations of Puerto Rican women'
- For bibliographical references see document number 60:Vazquez Erazo (p. 44-46)
- LCCN
- 74644497
- LCSH
- Puerto Ricans--United States