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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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 2012
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1898-2000
- Coverage Place
- Puerto Rico
- Notes
- Helen Safa
- Includes bibliographical references (p. )
- LCCN
- 98641869
- LCSH
- Puerto Ricans