MLA Commons | Antonio Sotomayor | Activity https://mla.hcommons.org/members/asotomay/activity/ Activity feed for Antonio Sotomayor. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:53:59 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 5d29398f02089749782f199424dc5b8f Antonio Sotomayor changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1826643/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:14:06 -0500 0 f4a8ae2b127d55a94d2237248db64da9 Antonio Sotomayor's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1826634/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:12:52 -0500 0 3d0745a7cf31d7520ea2d7c49ac4503e Antonio Sotomayor's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1757487/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:41:45 -0400 0 f2a2107815badabe6e2f4f1c7379eaaf Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Nationalist Movement and the Struggle for Freedom in Puerto Rico’s Olympic Sport. in the group Sports History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679608/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:25:29 -0500 This chapter examines the process by which Puerto Rican nationalists engaged with the Olympic Movement in their struggle for decolonization. Sotomayor shows not only shifting meanings of colonial Olympic sport for nationalists, but, more generally, that the Olympic Movement has been used and serves as a platform to negotiate nationalism and…[Read more]

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]]> 0 6d534f0cd4bdba6fba55ce3f629967d7 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Nationalist Movement and the Struggle for Freedom in Puerto Rico’s Olympic Sport. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1679511/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:26:22 -0500 This chapter examines the process by which Puerto Rican nationalists engaged with the Olympic Movement in their struggle for decolonization. Sotomayor shows not only shifting meanings of colonial Olympic sport for nationalists, but, more generally, that the Olympic Movement has been used and serves as a platform to negotiate nationalism and…[Read more]

]]> 0 0e37bfb7a33ec1cb131e64b97987951e Antonio Sotomayor's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678688/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:48:01 -0500 0 17096143907d87e2a870e66a9127d1d8 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Linajes encontrados: Genealogía genética para la historia familiar en Puerto Rico, España y Portugal a través de los Sotomayor, Colón y Pereira. in the group Latin America and the Caribbean https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1640793/ Thu, 23 May 2019 16:25:34 -0400 Estudio genético-genealógico sobre las familias Sotomayor y Colón del noroeste de Puerto Rico. Análisis de pruebas avanzadas de ADNY comprueban que los Sotomayor y Colón de Moca/Aguada (Puerto Rico) descienden agnaticiamente del matrimonio entre el capitán don Pedro Mexía de Lugo y doña Isabel de Sotomayor en el siglo XVI en Puerto Rico. Don Ped…[Read more]

]]> 0 585459698167bfaf4b12e588ee3f1f5e Antonio Sotomayor deposited Linajes encontrados: Genealogía genética para la historia familiar en Puerto Rico, España y Portugal a través de los Sotomayor, Colón y Pereira. in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1640792/ Thu, 23 May 2019 16:25:30 -0400 Estudio genético-genealógico sobre las familias Sotomayor y Colón del noroeste de Puerto Rico. Análisis de pruebas avanzadas de ADNY comprueban que los Sotomayor y Colón de Moca/Aguada (Puerto Rico) descienden agnaticiamente del matrimonio entre el capitán don Pedro Mexía de Lugo y doña Isabel de Sotomayor en el siglo XVI en Puerto Rico. Don Ped…[Read more]

]]> 0 079a074d82489efc0aa553b4e8da868f Antonio Sotomayor deposited Linajes encontrados: Genealogía genética para la historia familiar en Puerto Rico, España y Portugal a través de los Sotomayor, Colón y Pereira. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1640746/ Wed, 22 May 2019 22:14:26 -0400 Estudio genético-genealógico sobre las familias Sotomayor y Colón del noroeste de Puerto Rico. Análisis de pruebas avanzadas de ADNY comprueban que los Sotomayor y Colón de Moca/Aguada (Puerto Rico) descienden agnaticiamente del matrimonio entre el capitán don Pedro Mexía de Lugo y doña Isabel de Sotomayor en el siglo XVI en Puerto Rico. Don Ped…[Read more]

]]> 0 bfd8b1d63491e05172ae4c0395f74da9 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Triangle of Empire: Sport, Religion, and Imperialism in Puerto Rico’s YMCA, 1898–1926 in the group US-Latin American Foreign Relations https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1633519/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:25:27 -0500 This article studies the intersection of sport, religion, and imperialism through the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) as an extension of United States expansion into Puerto Rico after the Spanish American War of 1898. The YMCA’s emphasis on “muscular Christianity” and sports made it attractive to some locals who welcomed this feature…[Read more]

]]> 0 bfd8b1d63491e05172ae4c0395f74da9 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Triangle of Empire: Sport, Religion, and Imperialism in Puerto Rico’s YMCA, 1898–1926 in the group Sports History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1633518/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:25:27 -0500 This article studies the intersection of sport, religion, and imperialism through the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) as an extension of United States expansion into Puerto Rico after the Spanish American War of 1898. The YMCA’s emphasis on “muscular Christianity” and sports made it attractive to some locals who welcomed this feature…[Read more]

]]> 0 bcc62a21591aac4618fafdaff43bf47a Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Triangle of Empire: Sport, Religion, and Imperialism in Puerto Rico’s YMCA, 1898–1926 in the group Latin America and the Caribbean https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1633517/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:25:26 -0500 This article studies the intersection of sport, religion, and imperialism through the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) as an extension of United States expansion into Puerto Rico after the Spanish American War of 1898. The YMCA’s emphasis on “muscular Christianity” and sports made it attractive to some locals who welcomed this feature…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4168c13fdd050f5ef61f6a00d63be10 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Triangle of Empire: Sport, Religion, and Imperialism in Puerto Rico’s YMCA, 1898–1926 in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1633516/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:25:21 -0500 This article studies the intersection of sport, religion, and imperialism through the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) as an extension of United States expansion into Puerto Rico after the Spanish American War of 1898. The YMCA’s emphasis on “muscular Christianity” and sports made it attractive to some locals who welcomed this feature…[Read more]

]]> 0 8865e96a95f7ef341b955d605a704c87 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Triangle of Empire: Sport, Religion, and Imperialism in Puerto Rico’s YMCA, 1898–1926 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1633448/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:36:30 -0500 This article studies the intersection of sport, religion, and imperialism through the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) as an extension of United States expansion into Puerto Rico after the Spanish American War of 1898. The YMCA’s emphasis on “muscular Christianity” and sports made it attractive to some locals who welcomed this feature…[Read more]

]]> 0 daeb16bbb91f70bd28505d49c7902300 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Genetic genealogy for the study of Puerto Rican, Spanish, and Portuguese family history: Lessons from the Sotomayor, Colón, and Pereira families. in the group Latin America and the Caribbean https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1630623/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:34:46 -0500 Genetic genealogy is a rapidly growing field. The potential for genetics to make genealogical connections and break brick walls is starting to be untapped. This is more so for Latin American and Caribbean societies where limited or non-existent documentation is a reality. This article uses advanced genetic testing to draw genealogies for a…[Read more]

]]> 0 eed0e394d38e25ec4fc8ba7f7a3d4f93 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Genetic genealogy for the study of Puerto Rican, Spanish, and Portuguese family history: Lessons from the Sotomayor, Colón, and Pereira families. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1630552/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:18:36 -0500 Genetic genealogy is a rapidly growing field. The potential for genetics to make genealogical connections and break brick walls is starting to be untapped. This is more so for Latin American and Caribbean societies where limited or non-existent documentation is a reality. This article uses advanced genetic testing to draw genealogies for a…[Read more]

]]> 0 b39eb5b86926c60061917426656da3df Antonio Sotomayor's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1617966/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:11:32 -0400 0 4c0003a90b3e5f21759fc479b2748af3 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Celebrating the Colonial Nation in San Germán's Patron Saint Festivities, 1950s. in the group Postcolonial Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1616345/ Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:25:57 -0400 This work addresses the question of how the patron saint festivities in San Germán, Puerto Rico assisted in the reconstruction of the Puerto Rican nation during the 1950s. Particularly, I focus on how community leaders reproduced ideas of nationhood based on hispano-centric, white, Catholic, and patriarchal parameters. I investigate how an…[Read more]

]]> 0 999c7e9346700593ee6d2ea993b1f738 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Celebrating the Colonial Nation in San Germán's Patron Saint Festivities, 1950s. in the group Latin America and the Caribbean https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1616344/ Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:25:56 -0400 This work addresses the question of how the patron saint festivities in San Germán, Puerto Rico assisted in the reconstruction of the Puerto Rican nation during the 1950s. Particularly, I focus on how community leaders reproduced ideas of nationhood based on hispano-centric, white, Catholic, and patriarchal parameters. I investigate how an…[Read more]

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]]> 0 778bd5fa2e7561591b8f71d1b991eb5a Antonio Sotomayor's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1616147/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:43:53 -0400 0 1b28fa90c935a313516b819ac9c62de1 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Celebrating the Colonial Nation in San Germán's Patron Saint Festivities, 1950s. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1616138/ Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:35:15 -0400 This work addresses the question of how the patron saint festivities in San Germán, Puerto Rico assisted in the reconstruction of the Puerto Rican nation during the 1950s. Particularly, I focus on how community leaders reproduced ideas of nationhood based on hispano-centric, white, Catholic, and patriarchal parameters. I investigate how an…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e6d8c3579f9c1b209bf359a48cad482 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Caribbean Soccer: Hispanoamericanismo and the Identity Politics of Fútbol in Puerto Rico, 1898-1920s. in the group Sports History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1615049/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:49:15 -0400 When the United States took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898, an aggressive
Americanization project introduced cultural practices, including
American sports. However, although Puerto Ricans incorporated U.S.
sports to their sporting profile, they did so adhering to a larger Hispanic-
American ideology. Although soccer, or f ´ utbol, was…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e6d8c3579f9c1b209bf359a48cad482 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Caribbean Soccer: Hispanoamericanismo and the Identity Politics of Fútbol in Puerto Rico, 1898-1920s. in the group Latin America and the Caribbean https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1615048/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:49:15 -0400 When the United States took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898, an aggressive
Americanization project introduced cultural practices, including
American sports. However, although Puerto Ricans incorporated U.S.
sports to their sporting profile, they did so adhering to a larger Hispanic-
American ideology. Although soccer, or f ´ utbol, was…[Read more]

]]> 0 7d8491dd1d016bd614e845044712097d Antonio Sotomayor deposited Caribbean Soccer: Hispanoamericanismo and the Identity Politics of Fútbol in Puerto Rico, 1898-1920s. in the group History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1615047/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:49:12 -0400 When the United States took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898, an aggressive
Americanization project introduced cultural practices, including
American sports. However, although Puerto Ricans incorporated U.S.
sports to their sporting profile, they did so adhering to a larger Hispanic-
American ideology. Although soccer, or f ´ utbol, was…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d9c33c8f607c3b8e7c7e68a693ccbc1 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Caribbean Soccer: Hispanoamericanosmo and the Identity Politics of Fútbol in Puerto Rico, 1898-1920s. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1611990/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:47:45 -0400 When the United States took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898, an aggressive
Americanization project introduced cultural practices, including
American sports. However, although Puerto Ricans incorporated U.S.
sports to their sporting profile, they did so adhering to a larger Hispanic-
American ideology. Although soccer, or f ´ utbol, was…[Read more]

]]> 0 d202d784999d4549f682fecd1a0d03c2 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico. in the group Sports History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579692/ Fri, 25 Aug 2017 01:00:00 -0400 Ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico has since remained a colonial territory. Despite this subordinated colonial experience, however, Puerto Ricans managed to secure national Olympic representation in the 1930s and in so doing nurtured powerful ideas of…[Read more]

]]> 0 1b12520ff7144f70a42cb7277249f5f6 Antonio Sotomayor created the group Latin America and the Caribbean https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579691/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:51:14 -0400 0 ef309e40943d63ff19844b6f9e1a98c6 Antonio Sotomayor's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579614/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:58:00 -0400 0 3d35fcdb449933e43a47e22981819257 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579613/ Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:53:17 -0400 Ceded to the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War of 1898, Puerto Rico has since remained a colonial territory. Despite this subordinated colonial experience, however, Puerto Ricans managed to secure national Olympic representation in the 1930s and in so doing nurtured powerful ideas of…[Read more]

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]]> 0 7b6d45d232b472aff92190f73da465a0 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Cold War Games of a Colonial Latin American Nation: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1966. in the group Sports History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579209/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 01:16:12 -0400 This chapter discusses the political events surrounding the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1966 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It demonstrates how the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico became dangerously entangled within Cold War tensions by denying invitation to, and visas for, the Cuban delegation to the Games. Citing security concerns over tens…[Read more]

]]> 0 ec6347607518c5496590c5e5de580500 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Colonial Olympism: Puerto Rico and Jamaica’s Olympic Movement in Pan‐American Sport, 1930 to the 1950s in the group Sports History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579208/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 01:16:11 -0400 This paper examines how two Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, developed ideas of national identity while negotiating political emancipation within two distinct, yet allied Anglophone empires. We can see this process through the Olympic movement and referred to here as “colonial Olympism.” Both Puerto Rico and Jamaica participated as col…[Read more]

]]> 0 e181394ddd7f9b8c8fadeaaf5beefc2e Antonio Sotomayor deposited “Operation Sport”: Puerto Rico’s Recreational and Political Consolidation in an Age of Modernization and Decolonization, 1950s in the group Sports History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579207/ Sat, 19 Aug 2017 01:16:11 -0400 Contextualized in a Western push for post-war decolonization and modernization, the development of recreation programs in 1950s Puerto Rico helped consolidate the state’s sport institution and, in turn, legitimize a new political status. The 1950s was a pivotal decade in Puerto Rican history due to the creation of the Commonwealth in 1952 and t…[Read more]

]]> 0 c05832f972a692d559cfc13f5b253eab Antonio Sotomayor deposited Un parque para cada pueblo: Julio Enrique Monagas and the Politics of Sport and Recreation in Puerto Rico during the 1940s. in the group Sports History https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579098/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 01:00:45 -0400 During the 1940s, Puerto Rico enjoyed the benefits of a U.S. sponsored economic boom as a result of the Second World War. Taking advantage of this influx of capital, the Puerto Rican government’s sport and recreation commission, led by Julio Enrique Monagas, sought out an island-wide plan to build sport and recreational facilities under a social j…[Read more]

]]> 0 6b88cbee2e4f57d3b774eded51f5b4a0 Antonio Sotomayor deposited Challenges and Alternatives to Caribbean Family History and Genealogy: Archives and Sources in Puerto Rico. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579089/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:41:36 -0400 This chapter discusses the state of genealogy in Puerto Rico, particularly regarding sources. A discussion of genetic genealogy is also included.

]]> 0 cf7e584a52288f7d1c84a57ccd85dfb0 Antonio Sotomayor deposited The Cold War Games of a Colonial Latin American Nation: San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1966. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579088/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:34:35 -0400 This chapter discusses the political events surrounding the Central American and Caribbean Games of 1966 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It demonstrates how the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico became dangerously entangled within Cold War tensions by denying invitation to, and visas for, the Cuban delegation to the Games. Citing security concerns over tens…[Read more]

]]> 0 4c0fcb42b10c13c3745696b1a4215ccd Antonio Sotomayor deposited Colonial Olympism: Puerto Rico and Jamaica’s Olympic Movement in Pan‐American Sport, 1930 to the 1950s https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579083/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:06:13 -0400 This paper examines how two Caribbean islands, Puerto Rico and Jamaica, developed ideas of national identity while negotiating political emancipation within two distinct, yet allied Anglophone empires. We can see this process through the Olympic movement and referred to here as “colonial Olympism.” Both Puerto Rico and Jamaica participated as col…[Read more]

]]> 0 09aa25dd6842213f3246d88cdd6a0ce8 Antonio Sotomayor deposited “Operation Sport”: Puerto Rico’s Recreational and Political Consolidation in an Age of Modernization and Decolonization, 1950s https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579082/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:01:22 -0400 Contextualized in a Western push for post-war decolonization and modernization, the development of recreation programs in 1950s Puerto Rico helped consolidate the state’s sport institution and, in turn, legitimize a new political status. The 1950s was a pivotal decade in Puerto Rican history due to the creation of the Commonwealth in 1952 and t…[Read more]

]]> 0 c2ea9d72711810c3cbf6d86f7fce60ca Antonio Sotomayor deposited Un parque para cada pueblo: Julio Enrique Monagas and the Politics of Sport and Recreation in Puerto Rico during the 1940s. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578974/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 18:48:08 -0400 During the 1940s, Puerto Rico enjoyed the benefits of a U.S. sponsored economic boom as a result of the Second World War. Taking advantage of this influx of capital, the Puerto Rican government’s sport and recreation commission, led by Julio Enrique Monagas, sought out an island-wide plan to build sport and recreational facilities under a social j…[Read more]

]]> 0 55fe7570b57a869b336d259b07030c21 Antonio Sotomayor's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578961/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:57:07 -0400 0 9c1fb857492df38aeb031883a2fe7c57 Antonio Sotomayor changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578960/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:43:17 -0400 0 29ad2cb84702f3221d11695b26d79bf1 Antonio Sotomayor changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578959/ Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:42:24 -0400 0