Here’s a name for submissions for a particular difficulty of the Florida Historic Quarterly. The particular difficulty, organized by visitor editors Simone Delerme and Patricia Silver, facilities on “Puerto Rican Experiences in Florida.” The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2023. [Many thanks to Jorge Duany for bringing this item to our attention.]
Description: Florida is house to extra individuals of Puerto Rican start or heritage than some other U.S. state. Numbering nicely over 1 million, Puerto Ricans now make up over 20 % of Florida’s Latino/a/x inhabitants, second solely to Cuban-Individuals within the Sunshine State. The inflow of Puerto Ricans to what was as soon as a non-traditional vacation spot of migration has reworked social, cultural, and political life in communities all through the state.
This particular interdisciplinary difficulty of Florida Historic Quarterly goals to acknowledge and study Puerto Rican historic and/or modern experiences within the State of Florida. We welcome contributions from throughout the disciplines. Particularly, we invite unique analysis submissions that doc Puerto Rican experiences in Florida and deal with matters which will embrace:
- Puerto Rican settlement and group formation in Florida
- Comparisons of Puerto Rican communities in several elements of Florida
- Levels of incorporation into social, political, cultural, and/or financial life in several communities
- Comparisons to different Puerto Rican diasporic communities
- Variations inside Puerto Rican communities primarily based on race, class and migration histories
- Schooling and college methods in Florida
- Interactions between Puerto Ricans and different ethnic/racial teams
- Relationships between Puerto Ricans and different Latino/a/x communities
- LGBTQ+ experiences in Puerto Rican communities
- Gender roles, identities, and inequities
- Impacts of pure disasters on migratory patterns and experiences
- Significance of phenotype and/or English language skills to incorporation and political participation
- Puerto Rican employees in Florida (eg. farming, factories, and the hospitality trade)
- Residential patterns amid Florida’s housing disaster
We additionally invite poetry, reflections, and different inventive expressions that concentrate on Puerto Rican life in Florida. Manuscripts must be double-spaced and twenty-five to thirty-five pages in size (excluding footnotes, block quotes, or tabular matter).
For pointers, seek the advice of https://cah.ucf.edu/fhq/. Authors ought to submit an digital copy in MS Phrase to visitor editors: Simone Delerme, sdelerme@olemiss.edu and Patricia Silver, silver_patricia@yahoo.com.