Enclaves y Transgresiones: Historical and Contemporary Considerations

Enclaves y Transgresiones: Historical and Contemporary Considerations

Deena J. González

Pedro Cabán’s ‘Three Decades,” Inaugural Issue: Journal of Latino Studies: vol.1, 2003.

We face some interesting remodeled trinities in this latest work by a leading scholar and practitioner of Puerto Rican and Latino/a Studies. In the 1990s, we evoked race, class, and gender as a trinity, but today we must add to our coverage sexuality and spirituality. These two additions allow a better focus on the consequences of the religious right, the warring and increasingly militarized United States, and a slipping national economy. Context guides content in our courses, in our research, in our institutions. Such angles of vision or perspectives help assess the conditions of Latino/as in the United States, including in the educational settings supporting Latino/a Studies programs or departments.