Reviews for Taino Revival: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Identity and Cultural Politics

The average rating for Taino Revival: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Identity and Cultural Politics based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-15 00:00:00 Htiek Nelooc Thank goodness for the last chapter, written by a Taíno man, addressing the inexcusable oversights and omissions from the preceding papers. Of the five scholars who’s papers were presented as officially part of the panel, only one —Dr. Dávila— actually interviewed any Taíno people. The attention paid to anti-Blackness in Puerto Rico is necessary and important, but the scholars seem to be unaware of the parallels of anti-Indigenous racism and instead are eager to pit the two oppressed identities against one another, further entrenching the ideals of European white supremacy in the process. Disappointingly un-nuanced in approach to the complexity of Puerto Rican lived identity especially in the context of U.S. colonialism and racism.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-01-23 00:00:00 Charles Olson At first I was getting into the articles in this collection, and I mean, they were fine. They gave me an insight into one set of viewpoints regarding race and ethnic identity in Puerto Rico. The kicker was the last article though; all others were written by academics. The last was written by a self-identified Taino. He critiqued the other articles and gave input as to how he feels, often in objection to the academics. Overall worth a read, but not the most fantastic book ever written. Sadly, not enough is written about this subject to compare to.