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Boricua pop : Puerto Ricans and the latinization of American culture / Frances Negron-Muntaner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Negrón-Muntaner, Frances.
- Series:
- Sexual cultures.
- Sexual cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puerto Ricans--United States--Social life and customs.
- Puerto Ricans.
- Puerto Ricans--United States--Ethnic identity.
- Puerto Ricans--United States--Intellectual life.
- Arts, Puerto Rican--United States.
- Arts, Puerto Rican.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Shame--Social aspects--United States.
- Shame.
- United States--Social life and customs.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--Hispanic influences.
- United States--Relations--Puerto Rico.
- Puerto Rico--Relations--United States.
- Puerto Rico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (357 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, c2004.
- New York, NY : New York University Press, [2004]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-328) and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)
- ISBN:
- 9780814759141
- 0814759149
- 9781417588312
- 1417588314
- OCLC:
- 779828189
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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