This dissertation research award supports a graduate student's study of the cultural construction of nationalist ideology by the Puerto Rican middle class. Focusing on the Puerto Rican Institution of Culture, the project will interview activists, intellectuals, and politicians to trace the relationship between institutional settings and the development of nationalist thought from about 1955 to the present. Methods used include interviews with key persons, archival studies of books, pamphlets and newspaper articles on language and cultural icons representing Puerto Rican national identity. This research is important because nationalism is an enduring force in the relations between groups at a sub-national as well as an international level. Understanding how one well-defined group has evolved its self-definition will help understand how groups in general define themselves in distinction to others. It is especially appropriate now that the Columbus Quincentenary is drawing near.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
9020198
Program Officer
name not available
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1991-01-01
Budget End
1992-06-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1990
Total Cost
$2,435
Indirect Cost
Name
Catholic University of America
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Washington
State
DC
Country
United States
Zip Code
20064