Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index.
Contents
1. "Pueblo pueblo": popular culture in time -- 2. Lite colonial: diversions of Puerto Rican discourse -- 3. Broken English memories: languages in the trans-colony -- 4. "Salvación Casita": space, performance, and community -- 5. "Cha-cha with a backbeat": songs and stories of Latin boogaloo -- 6. Puerto rocks: rap, roots, and amnesia -- 7. Pan-latino/trans-latino: Puerto Ricans in the "New Nueva York" -- 8. Life off the hyphen: Latino literature and Nuyorican traditions -- 9. Latino imaginary: meanings of community and identity -- 10. Latino studies: New contexts, new concepts -- Postscript: "None of the above".