Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Prologue xi
4. Abbreviations and Acronyms xxi
5. Note on Transcription Conventions xxiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part 1 Competing Historical Narratives regarding Taíno Extinction
8. 1 The Stakes of Being Taíno 11
9. 2 Historical Discourses and Debates about Puerto Rico’s Indigenous Trajectory 27
10. Part 2 The Puerto Rican Nation and Ethnoracial Regimes in Puerto Rico
11. 3 Jíbaros and Jibaridades, Ambiguities and Possibilities 47
12. 4 Impossible Identities 75
13. Part 3 Taíno Heritage and Political Mobilization
14. 5 (Re)Constructing Heritage: Narratives of Linguistic Belonging among Taíno Activists 99
15. 6 How Do You See the World as a Taíno? Conceptualizing the Taíno Gaze 136
16. 7 Protest, Surveillance, and Ceremony 153
17. Conclusion 172
18. Acknowledgments 183
19. Glossary 189
20. Notes 191
21. References 199
22. Index 221