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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826246803321

Autore

Zimmerman Marc <1939->

Titolo

Defending their own in the cold : the cultural turns of U.S. Puerto Ricans / / Marc Zimmerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-58291-0

9786613895363

0-252-09349-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 196 p. : ill

Collana

Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest

Disciplina

305.868/7295073

Soggetti

Puerto Ricans - United States - Intellectual life

Puerto Ricans - United States - Ethnic identity

Puerto Ricans - United States - Attitudes

Arts, Puerto Rican - Social aspects - United States

Puerto Ricans - Illinois - Chicago - Intellectual life

Puerto Ricans - Illinois - Chicago - Ethnic identity

Puerto Ricans - Illinois - Chicago - Attitudes

Arts, Puerto Rican - Social aspects - Illinois - Chicago

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Puerto Rican and Chicano crossovers in Latino film and music culture -- The flag and three Rican artists -- U.S. Puerto Rican literature -- Puerto Rican poets in Chicago -- Carmen Pursifull : dancing from New York to Anglo Illinois -- Cuban-Puerto Rican relations and final projections.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores US Puerto Rican culture as presented in East Coast, Midwest, and Chicago cultural production while exploring Puerto Rican musical, film, artistic and literary performance. Marc Zimmerman relates the experience of Puerto Ricans to that of Chicanos and Cuban Americans.