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Life on the hyphen : the Cuban-American way / Gustavo Pérez Firmat.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pérez Firmat, Gustavo, 1949-
- Series:
- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Cuban Americans.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- United States.
- Cuban Americans--Florida--Miami.
- Florida--Miami.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English; occasional phrases in Spanish with English translations.
- Summary:
- With fascinating insights into how both ordinary and famous Cuban-Americans, including Desi Arnaz, Oscar Hijuelos, Gloria Estefan, and José Kozer, have lived 'life on the hyphen', this is an expanded, updated edition of the classic, award-winning study of Cuban-American culture.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Desi chain
- - I love Ricky
- The man who loved Lucy
- A brief history of mambo time
- Salsa for all seasons
- Rum, rump, and rumba
- No man's language
- The spell of the hyphen
- Epilogue: My repeating island.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-221) and index.
- Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize, Honorable Mention, 1994
- ISBN:
- 9780292735989
- 0292735987
- 9780292735996
- 0292735995
- 9780292737068
- 0292737068
- 9780292742864
- 029274286X
- OCLC:
- 776773340
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