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Changing forms of U.S. Hegemony in Puerto Rico: the impact on the family and sexuality
Urban anthropology • 32 (1) • Published In 2003 • Pages: 7-40
By: Safa, Helen Icken.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study discusses the process of U. S. Hegemony in Puerto Rico since 1898 with emphasis on the intense Americanization of the population, but who, nevertheless, were still able to maintain their strong national cultural identity. Safa describes the transformations that have taken place in Puerto Rican society especially in regard to the family and sexuality with emphasis on legal marriage and the nuclear family as opposed to the consensual unions and extended family patterns common in other parts of the Hispanic Caribbean. The author also notes that structural changes induced by patterns of migration, urbanization, and industrialization, were also important factors in bringing about transformations in the family.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Gender status
- Gender roles and issues
- Household
- Sexuality
- Basis of marriage
- Ethnosociology
- Economic planning and development
- Classes
- Public assistance
- Poverty
- Labor supply and employment
- Special unions and marriages
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Island)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1898-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Puerto Rico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Helen Safa
- Includes bibliographical references (p. )
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98641869
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans