| From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity Contributor(s): Flores, Juan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231110774 ISBN-13: 9780231110778 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: NEITHER IMMIGRANTS NOR ETHNICS, neither foreign nor "hyphenated Americans" in the usual sense of that term, Puerto Ricans in New York have created a distinct identity both on the island of Puerto Rico and in the cultural landscape of the United States. Juan Flores considers the uniqueness of Puerto Rican culture and identity in relation to that of other Latino groups in the United States -- as well as to other minority groups, especially African Americans. Architecture and urban space, literary traditions, musical styles, and cultural movements provide some of the sites and moments of a cultural world defined by the interplay of continuity and transformation, heritage and innovation, roots and fusion. Exploring this wide range of cultural expression -- both in the diaspora and in Puerto Rico -- Flores highlights the rich complexities and fertile contradictions of Latino identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Literary Criticism | Native American - Literary Criticism | American - Hispanic American |
| Dewey: 305.868 |
| LCCN: 99049285 |
| Series: Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.94" W x 8.99" (0.75 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Neither immigrants nor ethnics, neither foreign nor "hyphenated Americans" in the usual sense of that term, Puerto Ricans in New York have created a distinct identity both on the island of Puerto Rico and in the cultural landscape of the United States. Juan Flores considers the uniqueness of Puerto Rican culture and identity in relation to that of other Latino groups in the United States--as well as to other minority groups, especially African Americans. Architecture and urban space, literary traditions, musical styles, and cultural movements provide some of the sites and moments of a cultural world defined by the interplay of continuity and transformation, heritage and innovation, roots and fusion. Exploring this wide range of cultural expression--both in the diaspora and in Puerto Rico--Flores highlights the rich complexities and fertile contradictions of Latino identity. |