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Abstract

This article discusses how the concepts of nationhood and citizenship are incorporated within feminist discourses and the ways in which they reaffirm and/or deconstruct nationalist, colonialist, and patriarchal concepts of political power. The gendered perspectives of political power introduced by feminist activism in Puerto Rico during the 1970s are crucial not only to address issues traditionally viewed as private/domestic and hence not political, but also to address those considered to be at the crux of traditional politics in Puerto Rico, such as the Island‘s political status. The shared assumptions of nationalist and feminist discourses are critically examined in this article.