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 Negron-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 Ferre to performer Holly Woodlawn, and from painter provocateur Andy Warhol to the seemingly overnight success story of Ricky Martin. Negron-Muntaner traces some of the many possible itineraries of exchange between American and Puerto Rican cultures, including the commodification of Puerto Rican cultural practices such as voguing, graffiti, and the Latinization of pop music. Drawing from literature, film, painting, and popular culture, and including both the normative and the odd, the canonized authors and the misfits, the island and its diaspora, Boricua Pop is a fascinating blend of low life and high culture: a highly original, challenging, and lucid new work by one of our most talented cultural critics.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York University Press
ISBN-13
9780814758175
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95443728
Product Key Features
Author
Frances Negron-Muntaner
Publication Name
Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, History
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
337 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
635g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Frances Negron-Muntaner
Series Title
Sexual Cultures
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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