TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barreto,Amílcar Antonio
TI  - The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico: Revisited 
SN  - 9781683401148
AV  - P119.32.P84  B37 2020
U1  - 306.4497295 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Gainesville
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Language policy
KW  - Puerto Rico
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - ALA COVID Relief Fund; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Culture, Identity, and Policy -- 2. Spanish and Puertorriqueñidad -- 3. The Power of English -- 4. The Politics of Status -- 5. Reviving the Language Debate -- 6. The Official Language Act of 1991 -- 7. Rational Politics -- 8. Culture, Policy, and Nested Games -- 9. Congress and Conflicting Notions of American Identity -- 10. Restoring Official Bilingualism -- 11. Creating a Bilingual Citizenry -- 12. Washington’s Passive Torpedoing of Statehood -- 13. Looking Forward -- Appendixes -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - In 1991, the Puerto Rican government abolished bilingualism, claiming that "Spanish only" was necessary to protect the culture from North American influences. A few years later bilingualism was restored and English was promoted in public schools.This revised edition of The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico is updated with an emphasis on the dual arenas where the language controversy played out--Puerto Rico and the United States Congress--and includes new data on the connections between language and conflicting notions of American identity. This book shows that officials in both San Juan and Washington, along with English-first groups, used these language laws as weapons in the battle over U.S.-Puerto Rican relations and the volatile debate over statehood
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