"Then I do what I want": Teachers, state, and empire in 2000

    Authors

    P. Silver

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Am. Ethnol.

    Keywords

    Anthropology

    Abstract

    The continuities from U.S. colonialism through "embedded" Liberalism to neoliberalism are visible in distinct forms of discipline, freedom, and choice in the Lives of Puerto Rican public school teachers. Historically shifting, but momentarily singular, representations of the good teacher use gender and class ideologies to promote ideals of disciplined uniformity, democratic social service, and disciplined individuality. A sweep of Puerto Rican history across the American Century, coupled with the details of daily Life in Puerto Rican public schools, offers a view about what choice means when the conditions for choosing emerge from the neoliberal prescriptions of the "new imperialism."

    Journal Title

    American Ethnologist

    Volume

    34

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2007

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    268

    Last Page

    284

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000246434000012

    ISSN

    0094-0496

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