Boricua Pop : : Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture / / Frances Negrón-Muntaner.
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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sexual Cultures ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Part I Founding Spectacles
- 1. Weighing In Theory: Puerto Ricans and American Culture
- 2. 1898: The Trauma of Literature, the Shame of Identity
- 3. Feeling Pretty: West Side Story and U.S. Puerto Rican Identity
- Part II Boricuas in the Middle
- 4. From Puerto Rico with Trash: Holly Woodlawn's A Low Life in High Heels
- 5. The Writing on the Wall: The Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat
- 6. Flagging Madonna: Performing a Puerto Rican-American Erotics
- Part III Boricua Anatomies
- 7. Rosario's Tongue: Rosario Ferré and the Commodification of Island Literature
- 8. Barbie's Hair: Selling Out Puerto Rican Identity in the Global Market
- 9. Jennifer's Butt: Valorizing the Puerto Rican Racialized Female Body
- 10. Ricky's Hips: The Queerness of Puerto Rican "White" Culture
- Postscript: Words from the Grave
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author