My doctoral research focuses on etiquette and politeness manuals that circulated in Mexico during the 19th- and early-20th centuries, and examines how representations of language and language use are aligned with broader social and economic processes. The 2018 CLACLS Travel Fellowship will allow me to travel to Mexico City to continue gathering and analysing these…

Sarah Molinari is a doctoral student in Cultural Anthropology at the Graduate Center. Sarah has six years of research experience in Vieques, Cabo Rojo, and San Juan, Puerto Rico and is currently developing her dissertation project on debt resistance in Puerto Rico amid its historic debt and economic crises. The research will examine how Puerto…