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Puerto Ricans And Cross-Cultural Encounters

erects a significant communication barrier is quite easy to understand; because this barrier exists, it is not a simple task for P...

Negron-Muntaner/Barbie's Hair

if it was straightened, which is viewed as an "act of self-hatred or conformity" (Negron-Muntaner 45). Within this cultural framew...

Cross-Cultural Psychology

There is a direct relationship between cultural and cross-cultural psychology. It is cultural psychology that provides the basis f...

'Push and Pull' of Puerto Rican Migration

In fourteen pages this paper discusses the problems associated with the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico and the lack of Puerto Rican...

Mainland Puerto Rican Migration

part of the United States. This means that Puerto Ricans -- whether born on the island or the mainland -- are U.S. citizens. "To t...

Overview of the Text When I Was Puerto Rican

In six pages this paper discusses the US and its Puerto Rican culture in a text overview that includes cultural variations, the La...

Senior Citizens of Puerto Rico

In seven pages this paper examines social and cultural differentiations as they apply to Puerto Rican senior citizens. Ten source...

Pedro Pietri's Poetry

that this crisis of space and language has been most deeply problematized, and yet where a possible alternative lies for these wri...

U.S. Hispanic Groups

of the Roman Catholic Church" though there are a growing number of non-Catholics in the population (Mexican American, 2006). The ...

Family Installments by Edward Rivera

there are grand manmade variances that separate one from the next when it comes to overall acceptance. While people may share var...

Identity and Puerto-Rican Americans

whole, as the US Census bureau indicates that 25 percent of all living on the mainland and 55 percent of Puerto Ricans living on t...

Judith Ortiz Cofer’s Silent Dancing

words ONLY is a little over 9 pgs!!! 11 14 3037 (5-10-10) 3150 12 15 3375 13 16 3600 14 18 15 19 16 20 4500...

Counseling Ethnic Minorities

at once the most primitive and most efficient means of communication throughout time: the art of narration, or storytelling. Huma...

Old World Encounters Cross Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre Modern Times by Jerry H. Bentley

that have brought forth cultural influence as it is known today. "On the basis of its global analysis, the book identifies severa...

Cross-Cultural Studies and the Influence of Media

relations, intensify and accelerate social exchanges and involve "both the micro-structures of personhood and macro-structures of ...

A Comparison of the Cuban and Puerto Rican Migrations to the US

This paper contends that because Cubans have enjoyed a long residence in South Florida, they have made more social inroads there. ...

Hispanic Identity

Nation, 2007). Religious: The primary religion of the Cuban people is Catholicism although the numbers have dropped since the nat...

Puerto Rican Language

that they are seen widespread throughout many states in the nation and as such have developed very diverse language adaptations of...

Latino Groups in the United States

disappearing, worsening their economic situation (Verdugo, 2006). However, their large numbers and increasing activism give them a...

Immigration Experiences

island nation is difficult to overstate (Diner 164). Between 1845 and 1853, Irelands population was diminished by half, going from...

American Immigration Paradoxes

will explore the ramifications of these paradoxes, focusing primarily on the experience of Puerto Rican immigrants. Silvia Pedra...

Puerto Rican Studies

the 1950s/60s, that is, the influx of Puerto Ricans into the continental U.S. that occurred during these decades in terms of the p...

COMPARING DIFFERENT HISPANIC GROUPS

to view immigration reform in a vastly different manner than their Cuban counterparts. Furthermore, Cuban political savvy is going...

Examining Four Hispanic Groups

Mexicans living in the United States comprising 61.2% of all Hispanics in the country, by far the largest population segment (Engl...

Hispanic Cultures in the United States

Mexican Americans living in various states, such as California and Texas, that have likely been living in that state since it beca...

Demographic Information on Hispanics in the U.S.

candidates who propose social reform (Vawter, 2009). Language: All four groups speak Spanish; the variation comes what language t...

Growing Up Bilingual by Anna Celia Zentella

In six pages this paper reveals the author's detailed linguistic study of New York Spanish Harlem's Puerto Rican children. Eleven...

Puerto Ricans in New York City and Memoirs of Bernardo Vega

In six pages this text is analyzed in a consideration of issues including racial prejudice as it relates to the NYC experience of ...

NYC and Puerto Ricans

In five pages this paper discusses Puerto Ricans who call New York City home in a consideration of the status of their living cond...

Puerto Ricans in 'the Big Apple'

of employment opportunity, income, welfare payments, and unemployment compensation payments, the author concludes that in the peri...