CENTRO Journal vol. XXVII, no. II, Fall 2015

CENTRO Journal

Since its first issue in 1987, the journal has proven to be one of Centro’s most important links to the public. A multidisciplinary, bilingual, refereed publication that welcomes scholarly articles in the humanities and the social and natural sciences, as well as interpretive essays, interviews, fiction, reviews and art. CENTRO Journal is published twice a year (spring and fall) and a yearly subscription includes both issues.

Consistent with the multidisciplinary spirit that characterizes the journal, this issue presents a hugely diverse array of articles that illuminate various aspects of the Puerto Rican experience. 

Table of Contents

PAGE 4 - Puerto Ricans and Transnationalism: A Critical Empirical Assessment /CARLOS VARGAS-RAMOS

PAGE 50 - Puerto Rican Migration, the Colonial State, and Transnationalism / EDGARDO MELÉNDEZ

PAGE 96 - 100% Puerto Rican: Jennifer Lopez, Latinidad, and the Marketing of Authenticity / CARMEN R. LUGO-LUGO

PAGE 120 - INTERVIEW / ENTREVISTA - Writing Her Legacy: A Conversation with Maria (Mariposa) Teresa Fernández / JILL TOLIVER RICHARDSON

PAGE 132 - (Des)Articulando la negritud: codificaciones de raza en el cine nacional puertorriqueño / DANIA ABREU-TORRES

PAGE 162 - “This House is Not a Home”: Familial Conflict, Negotiation, and Bargaining in Rosario Ferré’s The House on the Lagoon / ELANA KARSHMER

PAGE 178 - Identification of Ramón Power y Giralt: Puerto Rico’s Diplomat to the 1812 Spanish Constitutional Court

DOUGLAS W. OWSLEY, KARIN S. BRUWELHEIDE, MARÍA A. CASHION LUGO, TERRY MELTON, AND M. KATHERINE SPRADLEY