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Autore: |
Negron-Muntaner Frances
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Titolo: |
Boricua pop : Puerto Ricans and the latinization of American culture / / Frances Negron-Muntaner
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.868/7295073 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Social life and customs |
United States Civilization Hispanic influences | |
United States Relations Puerto Rico | |
Puerto Rico Relations United States | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Boricua pop ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8147-5914-9 |
1-4175-8831-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910819782203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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