A “primera gobernadora constitucional
Relativizing indexical and successional orders in Puerto Rico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7514918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carmín C Quijano (0009-0000-6163-1349, Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO), Hunter College City University of New York (CUNY) New York New York USA), Carmín Quijano (Hunter College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jola.70051 |
| OpenAlex | W7134182338 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 30 |
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 prompted the production of a new shibboleth, “primera gobernadora constitucional” (first [feminine] governor, constitutionally recognized), making this naming ritual felicitous. I argue that people's investment in making meaningful the indexes of the state sustains the Commonwealth's political legitimacy
Commonwealth · Governor · Indexicality · Politics · Semiotics · State (computer science · Subjectivity · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Gender Politics and Representation · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |