Manuel G Avilés-Santiago
Biographic Data
| ID | 1697778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manuel G Avilés-Santiago |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manuel G |
| FAMILY NAME | Avilés-Santiago |
| SIGNATURE | AVILÉS-SANTIAGO M G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5216-0503 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Roundtable
Ten individuals who played key roles in formalizing veterans studies at American universities or within professional associations reflect on the field’s origins, key developments, institutional support, social and historical influences, and its evolution over time. Their responses, condensed and edited for clarity, elucidate the invisible, arduous, and complex labor involved in attempting to establish an academic discipline in 21st century Americ…
From Sugar Fields to Rice Fields
This article utilized oral histories to trace a historical and cultural map of the generation of Puerto Rican draftees and volunteers who served in Vietnam. The project was based on oral histories gathered during interviews conducted in December 2011 in Aguada, Puerto Rico, as part of the Proyecto de Historia Oral: Voces at the University of Texas at Austin. These interviews chronicled the experiences of Julio Avilés-Pérez, Germán Abadía-Olmeda, …
Ponlo To' Junto
This study examines two Puerto Rican TikTok content creators, SammySolo and CarlosCalderon who aim to engage bicultural and bilingual millennials and Gen Zers Latinx audience. I am interested in the way these TikTokers develop a unique linguistic ideology regarding the use of Puerto Rican vernacular, specifically the use of Spanish, Spanglish, and accents. This work analyzes how humor is used as a tool to critique hegemonic linguistic ideologies …
A puño y lentejuela
Este ensayo analiza la puesta en escena hipermediática del ya fenecido boxeador puertorriqueño y excampeón mundial Héctor “Macho” Camacho (1962-2012) a través de cuatro décadas de trayectoria deportiva y artística -80, 90 y 00- en donde el púgil recorrió el cuadrilátero y se insertó en el mundo del espectáculo como bailarín, animador y objeto de estudio de series especiales. El artículo estudia la transfiguración cultural de Camacho, concepto que…
Targeting Billennials”
Univision, historically the number one Spanish network, departed from its long tradition of safeguarding neutral Spanish to embrace not only English, but also Spanglish and Spanish-Caribbean accents in 2015. This article explores Univision’s new linguistic flexibility via two emblematic reality TV shows: Nuestra Belleza Latina (2007–) and La Banda (2015–). Through a textual analysis of these shows and industrial analysis of the strategies deploye…
Mapping Beauty, Fashion, and Femininity
Mapping Beauty, Fashion, and Femininity:Recent Contributions by Blain Roberts, Marcia Ochoa, and Vanita Reddy Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago (bio) Marcia Ochoa's Queen for a Day: Transformistas, Beauty Queens, and the Performance of Femininity in Venezuela, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014 Blain Roberts's Pageants, Parlors, and Pretty Women: Race and Beauty in the Twentieth-Century South, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2016 Va…
The Technological Embodiment of Colonialism in Puerto Rico
Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal includes scholarship on the work of visual artists, commentary on current issues in Caribbean studies and travelogues. Anthurium remains committed to bridging the digital divide by making peer reviewed, scholarly articles and creative writing available to teachers, students, scholars and persons interested in Caribbean literature and culture worldwide without fee based subscriptions. We would like to thank t…
Targeting Billennials”
Univision, historically the number one Spanish network, departed from its long tradition of safeguarding neutral Spanish to embrace not only English, but also Spanglish and Spanish-Caribbean accents in 2015. This article explores Univision’s new linguistic flexibility via two emblematic reality TV shows: Nuestra Belleza Latina (2007–) and La Banda (2015–). Through a textual analysis of these shows and industrial analysis of the strategies deploye…
The Technological Embodiment of Colonialism in Puerto Rico
Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal includes scholarship on the work of visual artists, commentary on current issues in Caribbean studies and travelogues. Anthurium remains committed to bridging the digital divide by making peer reviewed, scholarly articles and creative writing available to teachers, students, scholars and persons interested in Caribbean literature and culture worldwide without fee based subscriptions. We would like to thank t…
Mapping Beauty, Fashion, and Femininity
Mapping Beauty, Fashion, and Femininity:Recent Contributions by Blain Roberts, Marcia Ochoa, and Vanita Reddy Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago (bio) Marcia Ochoa's Queen for a Day: Transformistas, Beauty Queens, and the Performance of Femininity in Venezuela, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014 Blain Roberts's Pageants, Parlors, and Pretty Women: Race and Beauty in the Twentieth-Century South, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2016 Va…
Targeting Billennials”
Univision, historically the number one Spanish network, departed from its long tradition of safeguarding neutral Spanish to embrace not only English, but also Spanglish and Spanish-Caribbean accents in 2015. This article explores Univision’s new linguistic flexibility via two emblematic reality TV shows: Nuestra Belleza Latina (2007–) and La Banda (2015–). Through a textual analysis of these shows and industrial analysis of the strategies deploye…
A puño y lentejuela
Este ensayo analiza la puesta en escena hipermediática del ya fenecido boxeador puertorriqueño y excampeón mundial Héctor “Macho” Camacho (1962-2012) a través de cuatro décadas de trayectoria deportiva y artística -80, 90 y 00- en donde el púgil recorrió el cuadrilátero y se insertó en el mundo del espectáculo como bailarín, animador y objeto de estudio de series especiales. El artículo estudia la transfiguración cultural de Camacho, concepto que…
From Sugar Fields to Rice Fields
This article utilized oral histories to trace a historical and cultural map of the generation of Puerto Rican draftees and volunteers who served in Vietnam. The project was based on oral histories gathered during interviews conducted in December 2011 in Aguada, Puerto Rico, as part of the Proyecto de Historia Oral: Voces at the University of Texas at Austin. These interviews chronicled the experiences of Julio Avilés-Pérez, Germán Abadía-Olmeda, …
Ponlo To' Junto
This study examines two Puerto Rican TikTok content creators, SammySolo and CarlosCalderon who aim to engage bicultural and bilingual millennials and Gen Zers Latinx audience. I am interested in the way these TikTokers develop a unique linguistic ideology regarding the use of Puerto Rican vernacular, specifically the use of Spanish, Spanglish, and accents. This work analyzes how humor is used as a tool to critique hegemonic linguistic ideologies …
Roundtable
Ten individuals who played key roles in formalizing veterans studies at American universities or within professional associations reflect on the field’s origins, key developments, institutional support, social and historical influences, and its evolution over time. Their responses, condensed and edited for clarity, elucidate the invisible, arduous, and complex labor involved in attempting to establish an academic discipline in 21st century Americ…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)