Format:
1 Online-Ressource (357 pages)
ISBN:
9780814759141
,
0814759149
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:
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814758175
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Negrón-Muntaner, Frances Boricua Pop : Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture New York : NYU Press, ©2004 ISBN 9780814758175
Language:
English
URL:
NYU Press Open Square
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