Nuyorganics: Understanding organic intellectualism through Nuyorican poetry.
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Title
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Nuyorganics: Understanding organic intellectualism through Nuyorican poetry.
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Identifier
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AAI3213139
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identifier
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3213139
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Creator
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Bernard, Regina Andrea.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Joe Kincheloe
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Date
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2006
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Sociology of | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Education, Bilingual and Multicultural | Literature, American
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Abstract
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This dissertation uses a historical approach to the study of Nuyorican identity and its contribution to new forms of intellectualism. Nuyorican identity is constructed by culture, race, gender, socioeconomics, linguistics, ideology, social access, and other factors. These social dynamics shape Nuyorican organic intellectualism as a powerful form of knowledge production and conceptual insight that has been widely misrepresented in institutions of higher education. Chapters One and Two discuss organic intellectualism as a compelling scholarly discourse in the process comparing it to more traditional intellectual forms. Chapter Three discusses critical multiculturalism as a theoretical/pedagogical tool that can be used to teach concepts pertaining to organic intellectualism while pursuing a socially just and challenging curriculum. Throughout the dissertation historiographical interpretive methods are employed, aiding in the development of new pedagogical practices that can be used to help students understand the work and ideological insights of the Nuyorican organic intellectuals. Identifying Nuyorican organic intellectuals as important contributors the canon of higher education helps both traditional and organic intellectuals become more aware of pedagogical and ideological alternatives while expanding scholarly consciousness.;Chapter Four, the methodological chapter, describes the use of socially theoretically informed historical research methods to analyze Nuyorican poetry and literature. In Chapter Five I build upon these historiographical interpretations of Nuyorican organicism in an exploration of my own personal experiences as a college professor with knowledge production vis-a-vis issues of organic intellectualism. Chapters Six and Seven extend my analysis of Nuyorican and Puerto Rican identity/intellectualism, focusing on the analysis of government documents on Puerto Rican immigration, cultural manifestos, poetry, literature, music, films and biographies. Chapter Eight uses the analysis of the first seven chapters to develop a new multicultural pedagogy that draws upon the dissertation's multiple theoretical concepts, and organic knowledges. This chapter also devises new ways to employ these tools in the struggle to understand and facilitate the academic success of oppressed students. Chapter Nine summarizes the central points of the dissertation, reinforces the call for the use of Nuyorican poetry and organic intellectualism in higher education, and concludes with a delineation of research needed on these topics in the future.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
