Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 337 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814758185
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0814758177
Series Statement:
Sexual cultures
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-328) and index
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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
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814758175
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Boricua Pop : Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture
Language:
English
URL:
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