Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture Negrón-Muntaner, Frances. creator author text Electronic books. xx 2004 First edition monographic eng 1 online resource (357 pages) 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 Negrn-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 Ferr(r) to performer Holly Woodlawn, and from painter provocateur Andy Warhol to the seemingly overnight success story of Ricky Martin. Negrn-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. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I Founding Spectacles -- 1 Weighing In Theory -- 2 1898 -- 3 Feeling Pretty -- Part II Boricuas in the Middle -- 4 From Puerto Rico with -- 5 The Writing on the Wall -- 6 Flagging Madonna -- Part III Boricua Anatomies -- 7 Rosario's Tongue -- 8 Barbie's Hair -- 9 Jennifer's Butt -- 10 Ricky's Hips -- Postscript -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author. Frances Negrón-Muntaner. ALA COVID Relief Fund Arts, Puerto Rican United States Puerto Ricans Social life and customs United States Puerto Ricans Ethnic identity United States Puerto Ricans Intellectual life United States Popular culture Puerto Rico Popular culture United States Puerto Rico Relations United States United States Relations Puerto Rico E184.P85 N44 2004 306.0973 Negrón-Muntaner, Frances New York : New York University Press,c2004 9780814759141 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=865685 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=865685 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=865685 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=865685 MiAaPQ 211129 20220209192127.0 EBC865685 eng