Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color

Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color (ISBN 0814103774) is a 1993 book by Washington State University Regents Professor Victor Villanueva that uses his personal history as a struggling Puerto Rican academic to initiate a broader discussion of race and language in academia.[1][2]

The book is notable for introducing the concept of Puerto Rican rhetoric in English.[3] Villanueva initially believed the book's personal critique of the obstacles he faced as a Puerto Rican academic would "end his academic career," and later expressed surprise at its success.[4] Later academics of color have referenced the book as "significant" in conceptualizing the relationship between people of color and fluency in English.[5]

References
  1. Casanave, Christine Pearson (2002). Writing Games: Multicultural Case Studies of Academic Literacy Practices in Higher Education. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 232. ISBN 0-8058-3530-X.
  2. Sanchez, Raul; Villanueva, Victor (1995). "Review of Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color, Victor Villanueva, Jr". JAC. 15 (1): 163–168. JSTOR 20866016.
  3. Stanford, Nichole E. (2016-10-14). Good God but You Smart!: Language Prejudice and Upwardly Mobile Cajuns. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9781607325086.
  4. Kirklighter, Cristina (February 2012). Traversing the Democratic Borders of the Essay. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791488119.
  5. Young, Morris (2004-03-12). Minor Re/Visions: Asian American Literacy Narratives as a Rhetoric of Citizenship. SIU Press. ISBN 9780809325542.


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