Que Ricky Renuncia
Protest-as-Care and Saintly Devotion in Loíza, Puerto Rico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2230265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alejandro Escalante (0000-0002-2921-8922, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 109-116 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Transforming Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1051-0559 • E-ISSN: 1548-7466 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1086/731718 |
| OpenAlex | W4403680044 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This article examines the relationship between care, protest, and religious life in the Afro–Puerto Rican city of Loíza. Situated during El Verano Boricua (Puerto Rican Summer) in summer 2019, it pays particular attention to the way a devotee of Santiago Apóstol, driven by his hagiographic life in Loíza, was compelled to join in protests and demonstrations that demanded the resignation of then-governor Ricardo “Ricky” Rosselló. I attended protests and demonstrations in Viejo San Juan with Mónica, a Loiceña devotee of Santiago, and learned how he looked after (cuidar) and sided with the people of Loíza. Mónica described cuidar as care, protection, and responsibility that in 2019 took the form of protest. Drawing on this, I place cuidar in conversation with “radical care” to argue that protest is a form of heterogenous and spontaneous care
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |