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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819782203321

Autore

Negron-Muntaner Frances

Titolo

Boricua pop : Puerto Ricans and the latinization of American culture / / Frances Negron-Muntaner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2004

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

0-8147-5914-9

1-4175-8831-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Collana

Sexual cultures

Disciplina

305.868/7295073

Soggetti

Puerto Ricans - United States - Social life and customs

Puerto Ricans - United States - Ethnic identity

Puerto Ricans - United States - Intellectual life

Arts, Puerto Rican - United States

Popular culture - United States

Shame - Social aspects - United States

United States Social life and customs

United States Civilization Hispanic influences

United States Relations Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-328) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I Founding Spectacles; 1 Weighing In Theory; 2 1898; 3 Feeling Pretty; Part II Boricuas in the Middle; 4 From Puerto Rico with; 5 The Writing on the Wall; 6 Flagging Madonna; Part III Boricua Anatomies; 7 Rosario's Tongue; 8 Barbie's Hair; 9 Jennifer's Butt; 10 Ricky's Hips; Postscript; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Boricua Pop is the first book solely devoted to Puerto Rican visibility, cultural impact, and identity formation in the U.S. and at home. Frances Negrón-Muntaner explores everything from the beloved American musical West Side Story to the phenomenon of singer/actress/ fashion



designer Jennifer Lopez, from the faux historical chronicle Seva to the creation of Puerto Rican Barbie, from novelist Rosario Ferré to performer Holly Woodlawn, and from painter provocateur Andy Warhol to the seemingly overnight success story of Ricky Martin. Negrón-Muntaner traces some of the many possible itineraries o