From Bomba to Hip-hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity

From Bomba to Hip-hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity
ISBN-10
0231110774
ISBN-13
9780231110778
Category
Arts, Puerto Rican
Pages
280
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Author
Juan Flores

Description

"Essential reading for understanding both national and panethnic issues that influence cultural expression and the construction of Puerto Rican identity in the US. Analyzes distinctiveness of Puerto Rican culture in New York in relation to that of other US Latino groups. Theoretically grounded essays address many of the contradictions behind the complex process of identity construction among Puerto Ricans and other Latinos. Focuses on popular music and literature"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.