Description: After more than sixty years of occupation by the U.S. Navy and intensive community struggles, the Puerto Rican island of Vieques was finally returned to civilian control in 2003. But, as this book documents, the Viequenses’ struggles were far form over after the departure of the Navy. The Viequenses were left to contend with the devastating effects of sixty-two years of bombing; the environment and health of the population had been severely harmed. Yet this was a minor issue in comparison to the effects of the newly instated tourism industry on the island. Drawing from ethnographic research conducted between 2004 to 2016, Luis Galanes Valldejuli captures the larger social conflict derived from the arrival of tourists, who brought change to the island in the form of land speculation, work conflicts, racism, language barriers, and neoliberalism. A close observer of the Viequenses, Valldejuli details the deleterious effects of tourism on the voice of the Viequenses: they were no longer heard. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, tourism studies, linguistics, cultural geography, political science, and history.
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EAN: 9781498555432
UPC: 9781498555432
ISBN: 9781498555432
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Book Title: Tourism and Language in Vieques: An Ethnography of
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 178 Pages
Publication Name: Tourism and Language in Vieques: an Ethnography of the Post-Navy Period
Language: English
Publisher: Lexington Books
Item Height: 224 mm
Subject: Anthropology, History
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 277 g
Author: Luis Galanes Valldejuli
Item Width: 154 mm
Format: Paperback
