Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way

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Life on the Hyphen Joe R. and TeResa Lozano Long seRies in LaTin ameRican and LaTino aRT and cuLTuRe Life on the Hyphen The cuban-ameRican Way Revised Edition Gustavo Pérez Firmat University of Texas Press Austin Owing to limitations of space, all acknowledgments for permission to reprint previously published material may be found on pages 239–240. Copyright © 1995, 2012 by Gustavo Pérez Firmat All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Revised edition, 2012 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html ♾ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). The LibRaRy of congRess caTaLoged The fiRsT ediTion of This book as foLLoWs: Pérez Firmat, Gustavo, date. Life on the hyphen : the Cuban-American way / Gustavo Pérez Firmat. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Cuban Americans. 2. Popular culture—United States. 3. Cuban Americans—Florida—Miami. I. Title. e184.c97P47 1994 973′.04687291—dc20 93-33590 For the revised edition: isbn 978-0-292-73598-9 (cloth) isbn 978-0-292-73599-6 (paper) isbn 978-0-292-73706-8 (e-book, library) isbn 978-0-292-74286-4 (e-book, other) For Mary Anne, Who Loves Ricky Too Ricky To Lucy: “Lucy, honey, if I wanted things Cuban I’d stayed in Havana. That’s the reason I married you, ’cause you’re so different from everyone I’d known before.” ...