{"value"=>"<p> <span class=\"title\">An Analysis of Two Dance Therapy Sessions With Puerto Rican Women.</span></p> <p>Traditional roles of Puerto Rican women were studied and compared in two dance therapy sessions as to the presence of cultural stereotype for Hispanic women born in Puerto Rico and in the United States. To attain a better understanding of the issues that effect these women the literature covered traditional roles for Puerto Rican women, role expectations and perceptions. The five subjects were psychiatric patients at Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center for short term inpatient treatment. The women volunteered to take part in two dance therapy sessions which were videotaped and analyzed. The themes for session A and B were then extracted to focus specifically on the behaviors that related to their roles and their cultural identity. The analysis focused on how the following themes were expressed: the internalized sense of powerlessness that is ingrained early in their lives, the submissive surrender to authority figures as well as to the group's norms, the bantering that allows for interpersonal relationships to exist and develop the commitment to nurturing, the deep rooted association to the island and everything linked to it and finally the need to suppress their aggressive and assertive behaviors. These issues were exemplified in both sessions.</p>"}