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Author Pérez Firmat, Gustavo, 1949-

Title Life on the hyphen : the Cuban-American way / Gustavo Pérez Firmat.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1994.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.0468 P438L    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-207) and index.
Contents Introduction: The Desi Chain. Mambo No. 1: Lost in Translation -- Ch. 1. I Love Ricky. Mambo No. 2: Spic'n Spanish -- Ch. 2. The Man Who Loved Lucy. Mambo No. 3: Desi Does It -- Ch. 3. A Brief History of Mambo Time. Mambo No. 4: The Barber of Little Havana -- Ch. 4. Salsa for All Seasons. Mambo No. 5: Mirror, Mirror -- Ch. 5. Rum, Rump, and Rumba. Mambo No. 6: English is Broken Here -- Ch. 6. No Man's Language -- Conclusion: Last Mambo in Miami.
Subject Cuban Americans.
Popular culture -- United States.
Cuban Americans -- Florida -- Miami.
Cuban Americans. (OCoLC)fst00884777
Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
Florida -- Miami. (OCoLC)fst01213727
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Erlebnisbericht. (DE-588)4133254-4
Kubaner. (DE-588)4339382-2
Volkskultur. (DE-588)4063849-2
United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
Volkskultur.
Erlebnisbericht.
United States.
Kubaner.
Indexed Term Cuban Americans
Cuban Americans Florida Miami
Popular culture United States
Other Form: Online version: Pérez Firmat, Gustavo, 1949- Life on the hyphen. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1994 (OCoLC)606508182
Online version: Pérez Firmat, Gustavo, 1949- Life on the hyphen. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1994 (OCoLC)624506258
ISBN 0292711530 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780292711532 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0292765517 (paper ; alk. paper)
9780292765511 (paper ; alk. paper)
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