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Author Castanha, Tony

Title The Myth of Indigenous Caribbean Extinction : Continuity and Reclamation in Borikén (Puerto Rico)
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (201 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Still There, Always Have Been; 1 A New Version of History; 2 Mythmaking in the Caribbean; 3 Early Resistance and Survival in Borikén; 4 Jíbaro Resistance and Continuity; 5 The Modern Jíbaro; 6 Cultural Survival and the Indigenous Movement; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Summary "One of the greatest myths ever told in Caribbean historiography is that the Indigenous peoples who encountered a very lost Christopher Columbus are extinct. This book debunks that myth through the uncovering of historical, ethnographical, and census data. The author reveals extensive narratives of J baro Indian resistance and cultural continuity on the island of Borik(r)n. Since the epistemological boundaries of the early history and literature had been written through" "colonial eyes, key fallacies have been passed down for centuries. Many stories have been kept within family histories having gone underground as the result of an abusive past. Whole communities of J baro people survive today." -- Publisher's Description
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Subject Columbus, Christopher -- Influence
Indians, Treatment of -- Puerto Rico
Ji℗þbaro (Puerto Rican identity)
Taino Indians -- First contact with other peoples -- Puerto Rico
Taino Indians -- Puerto Rico -- History
History.
Social sciences.
history (discipline)
social sciences.
Hispanic & Latino studies -- Puerto Rico.
Indigenous peoples -- Puerto Rico.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Society.
Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
History
Indians, Treatment of
Social sciences
Taino Indians
Taino Indians -- First contact with other peoples
SUBJECT Puerto Rico -- Population
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004256
Subject America
Puerto Rico
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230116405
023011640X
1282993925
9781282993921