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SOA Research Series: Puerto Ricans in Illinois

Friday, February 7 , 12:15 pm 1:30 pm CST

The Sociology and Anthropology Department will be hosting its second research series talk of the semester. For this event, Dr. Maura Toro-Morn, professor of sociology at ISU, will be giving a research talk centered on her new book, Puerto Ricans in Illinois.

Prof. Toro-Morn’s book, co-authored with Ivis Garcia (Texas A&M), is the first book to document the experiences of Puerto Ricans in the state of Illinois. Based on interviews conducted across the state as well as archival research, their book maps the pedacito de patria (little piece of home) that many Puerto Ricans have carved from the bitter hardships faced in Illinois. Their book illustrates the multiple paradoxes underlying the experience of Puerto Ricans in Illinois: an island people in a heartland state, native-born citizens living an immigrant’s experience, climate refugees in the Midwest. They live a vaivén (coming and going). This volume partially exposes these paradoxes through a narrative of common survival and achievement. 

This lecture is open to the public.

This lecture will also be accessible via Zoom meeting ID 853 0733 8776. An ISU account is not necessary.

Free

(309) 438-8668

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Normal, IL 61761 United States
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