| Description |
xi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
New directions in Latino American cultures |
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New directions in Latino American cultures.
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| Contents |
The absent state / Fernando Picó -- Sailing on the USS Titanic : Puerto Rico's unique insertion to global economic trends / Jaime Benson Arias -- Space out of place : consumer culture in Puerto Rico / Laura L. Ortiz-Negrón -- Nation and migration : rethinking Puerto Rican identity in a transnational context / Jorge Duany -- The political status of Puerto Rico : a nonsense dilemma / Carlos Pabón -- "None of the above" means more of the same : why solving Puerto Rico's status problem matters / Christina Duffy Burnett -- Vieques : protest as a consensual spectacle / Juan Duchesne Winter -- Entertainment tonight! Puerto Rican media and the privatization of politics / Silvia Alvarez-Curbelo -- Beauty salons : consumption and the production of the self / María isabel Quiñones Arocho -- Getting f****d in Puerto Rico : metaphoric provocations and queer activist interventions / Juana María Rodríguez -- Imagining Puerto Rican queer citizenship : Frances Negrón-Mutaner's Brincando el charco : portrait of a Puerto Rican / Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez -- Exposed bodies : media and U.S. Puerto Ricans in public space / Frances R. Aparicio -- Transing the standard : the case of Puerto Rican Spanish / Gloria D. Prosper-Sánchez -- Boricua (between) borders : on the possibility of translating bilingual narratives / Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel -- The diaspora strickes back : nation and location / Juan Flores -- Will the "real" Puerto Rican culture please stand up? Thoughts on cultural nationalism / Raquel Z. Rivera -- Salsa, bad boys and brass / José Quiroga -- (a.k.a. : the sex/salsa/identity show) / Félix Jiménez -- Living la vida global : the case of Jose Padilla / Abdullah Al Muhajir / Frances Negrón-Muntaner. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Puerto Rico -- Politics and government -- 1952-1998.
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Puerto Rico -- Relations -- United States.
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United States -- Relations -- Puerto Rico.
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Political culture -- Puerto Rico.
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Nationalism -- Puerto Rico.
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Identity (Psychology) -- Puerto Rico.
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| Added Author |
Negrón-Muntaner, Frances.
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| ISBN |
1403962456 alkaline paper |
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9781403962454 alkaline paper |
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1403962464 |
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9781403962461 |
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