We Are Left without a Father Here

Findlay Eileen J. Suarez Findlay

Description

We Are Left without a Father Here is a transnational history of working people's struggles and a gendered analysis of populism and colonialism in mid-twentieth-century Puerto Rico. At its core are the thousands of agricultural workers who, at the behest of the Puerto Rican government, migrated to Michigan in 1950 to work in the state's sugar beet fields. The men expected to earn enough income to finally become successful breadwinners and fathers. To their dismay, the men encountered abysmal working conditions and pay. The migrant workers in Michigan and their wives in Puerto Rico soon exploded in protest. Chronicling the protests, the surprising alliances that they created, and the Puerto Rican government's response, Eileen J. Suarez Findlay explains that notions of fatherhood and domesticity were central to Puerto Rican populist politics. Patriarchal ideals shaped citizens' understandings of themselves, their relationship to Puerto Rican leaders and the state, as well as the meanings they ascribed to U.S. colonialism. Findlay argues that the motivations and strategies for transnational labor migrations, colonial policies, and worker solidarities are all deeply gendered. 

Sujets

• Histoire
• Puerto Rico
• History of the Americas
• Migration
• Puerto Rico (homonymie)

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 15 février 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822376118
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

WE ARE LEFT WITHOUT A FATHER HERE

Amerîcan Encounters/Goba Interactîons A séîés édîéd by Gîbé M. Jôséph ad Emîy S. Rôsébég

ŝ ŝééŝ àŝ ô ŝûàé ççà éŝéçéŝ à éŝ é- éé àéôŝ ô ŝçôàŝ ô é ŝô ô é ôŝ ôà éŝéçé ô é Ué Sàéŝ. ïŝ à çôçéŝ çûé é éôé à çôéŝàô ô ôé, é çôŝûçô à éçôŝûçô ô çûûà à ôçà ôéŝ, é lû éà- ŝ ô éçûûà éçôûéŝ, à é çôé éà ééé é ôà à é ôçà. Aéçà Eçôûéŝ ŝééŝ ô ŝéé àôûé à çôàôàô ééé ŝôàŝ ô U.S. éàôà éàôŝ à àéà ŝûéŝ ŝéçàŝŝ.

é ŝééŝ éçôûàéŝ ŝçôàŝ àŝé ô ûàçà ŝôçà éŝéàç. A é ŝàé é,  ŝûôŝ à éçôô ô é éé- ŝéàôà çààçé ô à ŝôéŝ àôû é àŝ à ôôéŝ ç- çà û ô ŝŝûéŝ ô ŝûéç à ààé. ï é ôçéŝŝ, Aéçà Eçôûéŝ ŝéŝ ô ûéŝà é çôé  ç éàŝ éàé ô àôŝ, çûûéŝ, à ôçà éçôô àé çôûà ôûçé, çàéé, à éŝàé.

E I L E E N J. S UÁ R E Z F I N D L AY

WE ARE LEFT WITHOUT A FATHER HERE

Masçuîîy, Dômésîçîy, ad Mîgaîô î Pôswa Puéô Rîçô

Dûé Uéŝ PéŝŝDûà à ôô

©  Dûé Uéŝ Péŝŝ A ŝ éŝéé Pé  é Ué Sàéŝ ô Aéçà ô àç-éé àé∞ Déŝé  Côûé é Bàé éŝé  Qûààà  Wéŝçéŝé Pûŝ Séçéŝ

à ô Côéŝŝ Cààô--Pûçàô Dàà à, Eéé. Wé àé ét ôû à àé éé : àŝçû, ôéŝç, à àô  ôŝà Pûéô Rçô / Eéé J. Sûáé à. àéŝ ç  (Aéçà éçôûéŝ/ôà éàçôŝ) ïçûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à é. isbn ---- (çô : à. àé) isbn ---- (. : à. àé) . MàŝçûSôçà àŝéçŝPûéô Rçô. . Mà àôGôéé ôçPûéô Rçôŝô çéû. . Mà àçûûà àôéŝMçàSôçà çôôŝŝô çéû. . Pûéô RçôPôçŝ à ôéé–. i. é. ii. Sééŝ: Aéçà éçôûéŝ/ôà éàçôŝ. hq..pf  .'ç 

isbn ---- (é-ôô)

Côé à: Pûéô Rçô Dŝô ô Côû Eûçàô Pôŝé Côéçô, Açéŝ Céé, Nàôà Mûŝéû ô Aéçà ŝô, Sŝôà ïŝûô.

ô Lucas and amaya, çé ô à àŝôàŝ, éôéŝ ô ôû çôéŝ. A ô doris and jim, marTa and reynoL, ô ô é àŝ.

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CONTENTS

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inTroducTionBregandothe Sugar Beet Fîeds

Famîy and Fatherhood în “a New Era for A” Pôpuîs Pôîîçs ad Réôméd Côôîaîsm

Buîdîng Homes, Domestîcîty Dreams, and the Drîve to Modernîty

Removîng “Excess Popuatîon” Rédîéçîg hé Géa Mîgaîô

Arrîvîng în Mîchîgan hé Côapsé ô hé Déam

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Mà éôé éôé  Pûéô Rçô àé ŝûŝàé é ôé é éàŝ àŝ ï ôé , àôû, à ôû ŝ ôéç. Màà Rôéŝ àŝ é é û éŝ à çéàé ŝàô àçôŝŝ ôçéàŝ à éçàéŝ. ï à àéû ô JôŝÉ ôéŝ Ràôŝ ô ŝ é-à ŝçôà ô ô éé  Pûéô Rçô, ô ŝ ééôŝ  ŝà éàŝ à ŝôûçéŝ, ô ŝ ŝà- àé ôé ô é ééçûà é, à ô ŝ ôé ô ôé, à, à ŝûà çôû. Ràŝé Sûáé à Aé Màôàô ŝàé é éŝ, é ôé, à é ŝŝ  é à  à û à Iŝ ŝà- àçà éàé ŝô ô àô é ï Iŝ ŝûé àçôŝŝ é ŝûà éé à ééŝ. Càôŝ Rôíûé, àûà Nàé, Màé Rôíûé, J Séàé Cô- àô, à Mà Mé àé é ô ŝûô é, ôô. àŝ ô Pàçà Sé ô à é à ô çôéŝàôŝ ôé é éàŝ, é çôàôàé ŝéàç ô àçûûà àŝ, à ôû ŝàé éééçé ô àŝ ûéà éé  ŝôàà é à áŝôà. ï à àéû ô Mà Oéé-Véáŝûé à Bàçà Séŝ ô  é à éàŝ àô ô é é à à é Uéŝ ô Côéç- çû à éà ŝ ôé ŝôôû. M çôéàûéŝ à Aéçà Uéŝ P Sé, Aé éŝ, Kàéé à, Kààé Nôŝ, A Oé, Séé àŝé, Rçà Béà, à Aà Kàû éà à çôéé ô àôé éà, ûû àé ô ûéŝà é ŝûà éé àô, àŝ  Nàç Aéàû. Eé éé àŝ é Iŝ ô ŝéé é ôô é  à çûé çû ô . A Séô àéé, éçôûàé é ô “é  éàé” ô ŝ çûé ô, à éà ŝééà ôôŝà àtŝ. Màŝô é à Càéà, ô ààŝ éŝéŝ   éà, éçôûàé é ôû é ôôŝà  ôçéŝŝ. Aé MàçPéŝô çôéé ôûû ô é àçéŝ ôô ô é ôûçô, à ôŝé ŝôé ôôçàé ûéŝ- ôŝ à ïé éé éà éé àé ô àéûàé àŝé. Kà Rôŝé- à, Bààà Wéŝé, à Mà Kà Vàûà é é çôéçé ô é ééçûà çôû ô à Aéçàŝŝ à é Uéŝ ô Màà. àçŝçô Sçààô, Sûé A CàûIé, à Gû, ô ôàŝ, Aô àûà-Sààô, Jôé Dûà, ïŝàé Gàçíà Côó, Eà Aàô, Aéé ôéŝ, Déôà Côé, ŝà éF, Dà Ké, Mà Eé Cû, K Sŝ,