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The Puerto Rican Syndrome

By Patricia Gherovici

Book information

Publisher
Other Press
Year
2003
ISBN
9781892746757, 1892746751
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23339662 bytes)
Series
Cultural studies
Pages
\316
Time added
2021-04-28 05:38:33
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Description

During the 1950s, US Army medical officers reported that Puerto Rican soldiers under stress exhibited a theatrical form of pseudo-epilepsy. This work examines the so-called Puerto Rican Syndrome and its social and cultural implications for the growing Hispanic population in the US.

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