NATIONALISM WITHOUT A NATION-STATE The Absent State; F.Picó Nation, Migration, Identity; J.Duany Sailing the USS Titanic: Puerto Rico's Unique Insertion into Contemporary Globalization Trends; J.Benson National Consensus and the 'Good Feelings' Era; C.Pabón None of the Above Means More of the Same: The Elusive Quest for Puerto Rican Self-Determination; C.Burnett THE SPECTACLE OF POLITICS AND THE POLITICS OF SPECTACLE Entertainment Tonight! Puerto Rican Media and the Privatization of Politics; S.Alvarez Curbelo Vieques: Protest as a Consensual Spectacle; J.Duchesne Racializing the Puerto Rican Day Parade: Recent Media Representations of U.S. Puerto Ricans in Public Space; F.Aparicio Cultural Nationalism: Roots That Kill or Roots That Give Life?; R.Rivera Imagining Puerto Rican Queer Citizenship: Frances Negrón-Muntaner's Brincando el charco; A.Sandoval NO BORDERS On U.S. Latinos; J.Flores Salsa, Bodies, and Brass; J.Quiroga Getting F**ked in Puerto Rico; J.M.Rodríguez "Los Lenguajes Vacilantes": On the Translatability of Bilingual Narratives in Latino Writing; Y.Martínez No Standards: Spanish, Puerto Rican Style; G.Prosper