Boricua Pop Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
NYU Press
2004, 2004
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| Series: | Sexual Cultures
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 357 pages |
| ISBN: | 0814759149 9780814759141 |