To browse Academia. This article examines the ongoing process of re-Latinization in Waterbury, Connecticut, highlighting the growth of a diverse Latino community, with Dominicans emerging as the largest group among Spanish-speaking immigrants. By integrating statistical data, oral history interviews, and cultural geography, the text explores the interplay of ethnicity and community development, portraying the evolving identity of Waterbury as it transitions from a predominantly Puerto Rican demographic to a more multicultural Hispanic mix.
Vargas-Ramos, eds. En Martins, Roberto de Andrade, et al. International journal of statistics and applied mathematics, Beglov, Alexey. Jurnal Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Padjadjaran, Log in with Facebook Log in with Google. Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. Many thanks also to Luis J. Pomales, who faithfully documented this Puerto Rican to Dominican transition in his photographs.
A local funeral parlor now has a large yellow pages ad saying that it can send bodies to Puerto Ricoβor Macedonia or the Dominican Republic A Colombian-born Department of Education employee form a group of Hispanic youngsters to dance cumbia in the Waterbury schools. They are applauded as good, authentic dancersβbut the majority of them are Dominican!
Don Taco is about to open, touted on Spanish-language radio as a new, authentic Mexican restaurant, but its creators are the owners of La Cazuela, a local Dominican restaurant! Introduction Connecticut is undergoing a re-Latinization. The state which has had the distinction in recent years of having the largest proportion of Puerto Ricans among its Hispanic population is now experiencing a cultural realignment.
As of the census, Even in Hartford, the largest per-capita mid-sized Puerto Rican city in the United States, the first capital city to have a Puerto Rican mayor, Dominicans march prominently in the Puerto Rican paradeβwith their own flag aloft, merengue and bachata as their auditory accompaniment.
