Book
San Cipriano; life in a Puerto Rican community
Gordon and Breach • 1 • Published In 1971 • Pages: xiii, 148
By: LaRuffa, Anthony L..
Abstract
Barrio San Cipriano, the focus of this study, is a political subdivision of the municipality of Santiago, located in the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico, approximately fifteen miles east of San Juan. This barrio, which is predominantly black (phenotypically) and relatively isolated from other Puerto Rican communities, is examined in great detail, first from the standpoint of ethnography and cultural change, and secondly as it reflects what is happening in Puerto Rico, to what extent San Cipriano is unique, "...and how the Puerto Rican reaction to the community reveals an overt racism in the island which is probably stronger than most people suspect" (p. 3). The ethnographic data presented in this work pertain to the spatial and historical setting of the community, its economy, social structure and organization, life cycle events, the traditional approach of its population to the supernatural world, and religion, particularly the history of Protestantism in Puerto Rico, and the development of Pentecostalism.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1993, 2012
- Field Date
- 1963-1964
- Coverage Date
- 1963-1964
- Coverage Place
- Barrio San Cipriano, Municipality of Santiago, Puerto Rico
- Notes
- [by] Anthony L. LaRuffa
- LCCN
- 73136765
- LCSH
- Protestant churches--San Cipriano, P.R.
- San Cipriano, P.R.--Social life and customs