In this Book
- Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: NYU Press
summary
Boricua Pop is the first book solely devoted to Puerto Rican visibility, cultural impact, and identity formation in the U.S. and at home. Frances Negrón-Muntaner explores everything from the beloved American musical West Side Story to the phenomenon of singer/actress/ fashion designer Jennifer Lopez, from the faux historical chronicle Seva to the creation of Puerto Rican Barbie, from novelist Rosario Ferré to performer Holly Woodlawn, and from painter provocateur Andy Warhol to the seemingly overnight success story of Ricky Martin. Negrón-Muntaner traces some of the many possible itineraries of exchange between American and Puerto Rican cultures, including the commodification of Puerto Rican cultural practices such as voguing, graffiti, and the Latinization of pop music. Drawing from literature, film, painting, and popular culture, and including both the normative and the odd, the canonized authors and the misfits, the island and its diaspora, Boricua Pop is a fascinating blend of low life and high culture: a highly original, challenging, and lucid new work by one of our most talented cultural critics.
Table of Contents

- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-ix
- Part I Founding Spectacles
- Part II Boricuas in the Middle
- Part III Boricua Anatomies
- Postscript: Words from the Grave
- pp. 273-278
- About the Author
- p. 337
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814759141
Related ISBN(s)
9780814758175
MARC Record
OCLC
58846919
Pages
368
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Copyright
2004