Further Readings & Sources

Secondary Sources

What follows is a list of the sources both used in this exhibit and suggested readings for inquisitive minds. Topics here range from work on the Puerto Rican diasporas, the FALN, and examinations of gendered nationalist tropes that helped define Puerto Rican independence in the mid-to-late twentieth century.

Exhibit Sources

Alvarez-Hernandez, Jose. “The Movement and Settlement of Puerto Rican Migrants within the United States, 1950-1960).” In The International Migration Review 2, no. 2 (Spring 1968): 40-52.

Borgeson, Kevin and Robin Valeri. Terrorism in America: Pipebombs and Pipedreams. Sudbury: Jones and Bartlett, 2009.

Duany, Jorge. "Mobile Livelihoods: The Sociocultural Practices of Circular Migrants between Puerto Rico and the United States." In The International Migration Review 36, no. 2 (2002): 355-388.

Duany, Jorge. “Nation on the Move: The Construction of Cultural Identities in Puerto Rico and the Diaspora.” In America Ethnologist 27, no. 1 (February 2000): 5-30.

Green, James N. “Who Is the Macho Who Wants to Kill Me?” Male Homosexuality, Revolutionary Masculinity, and the Brazilian Armed Struggle of the 1960s and the 1970s.” In Hispanic American Historical Review.

Ortiz, Vilma. “Changes in the Characteristics of Puerto Rican Migrants from 1955 to 1980.” In The International Migration Review 20, no. 3 (Autumn 1986): 612-628.

Ramirez, Rafael L. What It Means to Be a Man: Reflections on Puerto Rican Masculinity. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1999.

Further Reading

Briggs, Laura. Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.

Denis, Nelson A. War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America’s Colony. New York: Nation Books, 2015.

Gonzalez-Caban, Armando. “Globalization, Democracy, and Revolutionary Nationalist Movements in Latin America: An Introduction.” In Latin American Perspectives 35, no. 6 (November 2008): 77-82.

Gonzales-Cruz, Michael et. al. “Puerto Rican Revolutionary Nationalism: Filiberto Ojeda Rios and the Macheteros.” In Latin American Perspectives 35, No. 6 (Nov 2008).

Holcomb, Raymond W. and Lillian S. Weiss. Endless Enemies: Inside FBI Counterterrorism. Washington: Potomac Books, 2011.