From bomba to hip-hop
Subtitle: Puerto Rican culture and Latino identity
By: Juan Flores.
Series: Popular cultures, everyday lives
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Social life and customs; Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Ethnic identity; Arts, Puerto Rican -- United States; Popular culture -- United States; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1971-
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.