Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way

Contents

Contents Preface to the revised edition The Facts of Life on the Hyphen ix inTRoducTion. The Desi Chain 1 MaMbo no. 1: Lost in Translation 19 chaPTeR one. I Love Ricky 20 MaMbo no. 2: Spic ’n’ Spanish 43 chaPTeR TWo. The Man Who Loved Lucy 44 MaMbo no. 3: Desi Does It 70 chaPTeR ThRee. A Brief History of Mambo Time 71 MaMbo no. 4: The Barber of Little Havana 94 chaPTeR fouR. Salsa for All Seasons 95 MaMbo no. 5: Mirror, Mirror 126 chaPTeR five. Rum, Rump, and Rumba 128 MaMbo no. 6: English Is Broken Here 145 chaPTeR six. No Man’s Language 147 MaMbo no. 7: El mago de la ñ y el acento 171 chaPTeR seven. The Spell of the Hyphen 172 ePiLogue. My Repeating Island 190 Notes 197 Index 223 Permissions Acknowledgments 239 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...