Puerto Rican Chicago : schooling the city, 1940-1977 / Mirelsie Velázquez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velázquez, Mirelsie, 1975- author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puerto Ricans--Education--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Puerto Ricans.

Puerto Ricans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--20th century.

Puerto Ricans--Cultural assimilation--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Puerto Ricans--Cultural assimilation.

Puerto Ricans--Education.

Puerto Ricans--Social conditions.

History.

Social conditions.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 206 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]

Summary:

"The postwar migration of Puerto Rican men and women to Chicago brought thousands of their children into city schools. These children's classroom experience continued the colonial project begun in their homeland, where American ideologies had dominated Puerto Rican education since the island became a US territory. Mirelsie Velázquez tells how Chicago's Puerto Ricans pursued their educational needs in a society that constantly reminded them of their status as second-class citizens. Communities organized a media culture that addressed their concerns while creating and affirming Puerto Rican identities. Education also offered women the only venue to exercise power, and they parlayed their positions to take lead roles in activist and political circles. In time, a politicized Puerto Rican community gave voice to a previously silenced group--and highlighted that colonialism does not end when immigrants live among their colonizers. A perceptive look at big-city community building, Puerto Rican Chicago reveals the links between justice in education and a people's claim to space in their new home"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Al Brincar el Charco: Urban Response to the Puerto Rican "Problem"

2. Community Visions of Puerto Rican Schooling, 1950

1966

3. Taking It to the Streets: The Puerto Rican Movement for Education in 1970s Chicago

4. Learning to Resist, Resisting to Learn: Puerto Ricans and Higher Education in 1970s Chicago

5. Living and Writing in the Puerto Rican Diaspora.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Velázquez, Mirelsie, 1975- Puerto Rican Chicago

ISBN:

9780252044243

025204424X

9780252086281

0252086287

OCLC:

1246144260

Publisher Number:

99989814131