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Ashley Cofer
Puerto Rican Literature and Nuyoricans
When beginning my research, I
originally was curious to learn more about Judith Ortiz Cofer. I enjoyed reading
Silent Dancing and became interested
in Puerto Rican writers. Being from Puerto Rico is different from other
immigrants because Puerto Rico is not a country but a territory of the United
States. Still, I feel that people from Puerto Rico are still considered
immigrants when coming to the United States. My goal for this research
assignment is to learn more about the Puerto Rican culture and what its writers
have produced. I would also like to know the types of literature that have come
from them.
While researching Puerto Rican writers,
I came across an interesting term: Nuyorican. I learned that this refers to New
Yorkers of Puerto Rican ancestry. They were also involved in what is called the
Nuyorican Movement. According to Wikipedia, it was a cultural and intellectual
movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Rican or
of Puerto Rican descent, who live in or near New York City, and either call
themselves or are known as Nuyoricans. Learning this information got me further
interested in Puerto Rican migration to New York City.
The first group of Puerto Ricans
immigrated to New York City in the mid-19th century when Puerto Rico was a
Spanish Province and its people Spanish citizens. The largest wave of migration
of Puerto Ricans to New York City in the 1950s is known as "The Great
Migration." According to Lawrence R.
Chenault, employment and underemployment and the opportunity for better wages in
the United States were incentives that propelled this migration. Without this
migration to New York, obviously the Nuyorican Movement would not have been
brought about. This makes the details of the migration to New York significant.
The information that I have learned
relates to our course because the writers that I am interested in have emigrated
from Puerto Rico to the United States. This information also relates to my
career because I want to teach English. Having a background on writers from
different parts of the world will help me to make the content relatable to my
students. For further research on my topic, I would like to discover the writing
style of the Nuyoricans and review what they have offered to literature as a
whole.
Work Cited
http://www.topuertorico.org/culture/litera.shtml
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/everychildisbornapoet/nuyorican.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_migration_to_New_York_City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuyorican_Movement
http://lcw.lehman.edu/lehman/depts/latinampuertorican/latinoweb/PuertoRico/beforeww2.htm
L. Chenault, “The Puerto Rican Migrant in New York City”
Possible further sources to review
Cruz-Malave, Arnaldo. "`What A Tangled Web!:
Masculinity, Abjection, And The Foundations Of Puerto Rican Literature In.."
Differences: A Journal Of Feminist Cultural Studies 8.1 (1996): 132-151.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.
López, Edrik. "Nuyorican Spaces: Mapping Identity In A
Poetic Geography." Centro Journal 17.1 (2005): 203-219. Academic Search
Complete. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.
Jottar, Berta. "Central Park Rumba: Nuyorican Identity And The Return To African Roots." Centro Journal 23.1 (2011): 4-29. Academic Search Complete. Web. 13 Nov. 2016.
