This Is How It Is Done
An edition of This Is How It Is Done (2017)
By Linda Ocasio
Publish Date
2017
Publisher
The author
Language
eng
Pages
-
Description:
Linda shares messages sent to her from her cousins in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, as well as dated entries about her own relationship to the island in diaspora in the United States. She writes about the effects of colonization, as well as members of the Puerto independence movement including Pedro Albizu Campos, Oscar Collazo, and Lolita Lebrón. Text is accompanied by black-and-white photographs.
subjects: Puerto Rican women, Hurricane Maria, 2017, Gentrification, Public housing
Places: New York (State), New York, United States