Description: Interrogating The Future of Puerto Rican Studies brings together emerging and established scholars from a wide range of disciplines to examine the disciplinary and epistemic transformations that have given way to new understandings of the field of Puerto Rican studies.
Review Quotes: "Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies is a work of both substantial scholarship and moral urgency. A multi-faceted examination of Puerto Ricans' past and present, it is a call to challenge the silencing, a call that surfaces many questions. Students, journalists and activist networks will use it in thinking through the truths--and lies--about racial capitalism and imperial domination, as well as meanings of resistance and belonging."--Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, Emeritus Professor, Princeton University
"Interrogating the Future of Puerto Rican Studies marks a pivotal moment in the field, emerging amid deepening colonial crises in Puerto Rico and rising cultural pride. It centers Puerto Rico to examine U.S. empire, colonialism, and racial capitalism. This collection rightfully pushes Blackness and Queerness to the center of the field, and demands that Puerto Rican Studies be central to American and ethnic studies. Both timely and transformative, this collection is essential reading for understanding the evolving scope and stakes of the Puerto Rican Studies."--Vanessa Díaz, author of, Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood "The collection succeeds not only in showcasing the intellectual vitality of contemporary Puerto Rican Studies but also in demonstrating why the field remains indispensable for understanding contemporary debates over colonialism, race, and political transformation."--Rafael V. Capó García, Ethnic and Racial Studies