Mambo montage : the Latinization of New York City / Arlene Dávila, Agustín Laó-Montes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dávila, Arlene, editor.

Laó-Montes, Agustín, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans--Ethnic identity--New York--New York (State).

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--New York (State)--New York.

Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs--New York (State)--New York.

Public spaces--Social aspects--New York--New York (State).

Public spaces.

Intercultural communication--New York (State)--New York.

Intercultural communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 13 halftones

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New York is the capital of mambo and a global factory of latinidad. This book covers the topic in all its multifaceted aspects, from Jim Crow baseball in the first half of the twentieth century to hip hop and ethno-racial politics, from Latinas and labor unions to advertising and Latino culture, from Cuban cuisine to the language of signs in New York City.Together the articles map out the main conceptions of Latino identity as well as the historical process of Latinization of New York. Mambo Montage is both a way of imagining latinidad and an angle of vision on the city.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION. Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York City / Laó-Montes, Agustín

Part I. The Production of Latinidad: Histories, Social Movements, Cultural Struggles

1. "No Country But the One We Must Fight For": The Emergence of an Antillean Nation and Community in New York City, 1860-1901 / Mirabal, Nancy Raquel

2. "The latins from Manhattan": Confronting Race and Building Community in Jim Crow Baseball, 1906-1950 / Burgos, Adrián

3. Latino Caribbean Diasporas in New York / Grosfoguel, Ramón / Georas, Chloé S.

4. Niuyol: Urban Regime, Latino Social Movements, Ideologies of Latinidad / Laó-Montes, Agustín

5. Culture in the Battlefront: From Nationalist to Pan-Latina Projects / Dávila, Arlene

Part II. Expressive Cultures: Narrating, Imaging, and Performing Latinidad

6. Life off the Hyphen: Latino Literature and Nuyorican Traditions / Flores, Juan

7. "Nothing Connects Us All But Imagined Sounds": Performing Trans-Boricua Memories, Identities, and Nationalisms Through the Death of Héctor Lavoe / Valentín-Escobar, Wilson

8. Hip-Hop, Puerto Ricans, and Ethnoracial Identities in New York / Rivera, Raquel Z.

9. Imbiguous Identities! The Affirmation of Puertorriqueñidad in the Community Murals of New York City / Cardalda Sánchez, Elsa B. / Tirado Avilés, Amílcar

Part III. Latino/a Identities and the Politics of Space and Place

10. Making Loisaida: Placing Puertorriqueñidad in Lower Manhattan / Ševčenko, Liz

11. The Manifold Character of Panethnicity: Latino Identities and Practices Among Dominicans in New York City / Itzigsohn, José / Dore-Cabral, Carlos

12. Immigration Status and Identity: Undocumented Mexicans in New York / Solís, Jocelyn

13. Outside/In: Crossing Queer and Latino Boundaries / Aponte-Parés, Luis

14. Engendering and Coloring Labor Unions: Transcultural Readings of Latin American Women's Ways / Garcia Castro, Mary

Part IV: Latinizing Cityscapes

15. The Latin Side of Madison Avenue: Marketing and the Language that Makes Us "Hispanics" / Dávila, Arlene

16. Eating in Cuban / Knauer, Lisa Maya

17. Taking "Class" Into Account: Dance, the Studio, and Latino Culture / Backstein, Karen

18. Deceptive Solidity: Public Signs, Civic Inclusion, and Language Rights in New York City (and Beyond) / Santiago-Irizarry, Vilma

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231505444

0231505442

OCLC:

979739325