Carmín C Quijano
Biographic Data
| ID | 4970842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carmín C Quijano |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carmín C |
| FAMILY NAME | Quijano |
| SIGNATURE | QUIJANO C C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO), Hunter College City University of New York (CUNY) New York New York USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-6163-1349 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Gendering “Superintendenta”
This paper examines the struggles over naming a new gendered subjectivity in institutions and public discourse. It analyzes the indexical contestations regarding the naming of the first woman to lead the oldest colonial institution in Puerto Rico, the Police Department. Even though the Governor fulfilled the appropriate conditions when performing the ritual of naming Michelle Hernández as the first female “superintendente” ([common gender] superi…
A “primera gobernadora constitucional
This paper examines public clashes over the indexical meanings of the register of governors in a non‐sovereign context. It demonstrates how the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's naming of the first non‐elected female governor elicited people's stances on the appropriate and effective semiotic entailment of “gobernadora” ([feminine] governor) within a sedimented androcentric and androcolonial order. The public's misrecognition of this new subjectivity…
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Gendering “Superintendenta”
This paper examines the struggles over naming a new gendered subjectivity in institutions and public discourse. It analyzes the indexical contestations regarding the naming of the first woman to lead the oldest colonial institution in Puerto Rico, the Police Department. Even though the Governor fulfilled the appropriate conditions when performing the ritual of naming Michelle Hernández as the first female “superintendente” ([common gender] superi…
A “primera gobernadora constitucional
This paper examines public clashes over the indexical meanings of the register of governors in a non‐sovereign context. It demonstrates how the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's naming of the first non‐elected female governor elicited people's stances on the appropriate and effective semiotic entailment of “gobernadora” ([feminine] governor) within a sedimented androcentric and androcolonial order. The public's misrecognition of this new subjectivity…
Indexicality (2 works) · Rhetoric and Communication Studies (2 works) · Semiotics (2 works) · Subjectivity (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Commonwealth (1 work) · Gender Politics and Representation (1 work) · Governor (1 work) · Institution (1 work)