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Defending Their Own in the Cold:

The Cultural Turns of U.S. Puerto Ricans

ISBN-13: 9780252085581
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
By Marc Zimmerman
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Local release date: 14/12/2020
Format: Paperback 232 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Ethnic studies [JFSL]

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Google Preview: Marc Zimmerman works from a theoretical frame of cultural, postcolonial, and diasporic studies to compare the artistic experiences and cultural production of Puerto Ricans with that of Chicanos and Cuban Americans. As he shows, even supposedly mainstream U.S. Puerto Ricans participate in a performative culture that embodies elements of possible cultural "Ricanstruction." Zimmerman examines a spectrum of U.S. Puerto Rican artistic life, including relations with other ethnic groups and resistance to colonialism and cultural assimilation. To illustrate how Puerto Ricans have survived and created new identities and relations out of their colonized and diasporic circumstances, Zimmerman looks at the cultural examples of Latino entertainment stars like Jennifer Lopez and Benicio del Toro; visual artists Juan Sánchez, Ramón Flores, and Elizam Escobar; and a group of Chicago Puerto Rican writers.; Preface ix
Introduction xiii
1. Puerto Rican and Chicano Crossovers
in Latino Film and Music Culture 1
2. The Flag and Three Rican Artists 21
3. U.S. Puerto Rican Literature 50
4. Puerto Rican Poets in Chicago 80
5. Carmen Pursifull: Dancing from
New York to Anglo Illinois 112
6. Cuban–Puerto Rican Relations and
Final Projections 130
Notes 145
Bibliography 157
Index 181; "The author introduces insightful and provocative arguments about U.S. Puerto Rican cultural experiences and provides compelling illustrations. This is an important reference text that will undoubtedly stimulate further research."--Edna Acosta-Belen, coauthor of Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait; Google Preview content

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Defending Their Own in the Cold:

The Cultural Turns of U.S. Puerto Ricans