Latino/a Popular Culture

Published by New York University Press 2002

Latino/a Popular Culture

Edited by: Michelle Habell-Pallan and Mary Romero

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814790816.001.0001

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While the presence of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture in the United States buttresses the much-heralded Latin Explosion, the images themselves are often contradictory. Latino/a Popular Culture brings together scholars from the humanities and social sciences to analyze representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres.

Cover artwork by Diane Gamboa. Credit-Click here
Latinos have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. While the presence of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture in the United States buttresses the much-heralded Latin Explosion, the images themselves are often contradictory.
In Latino/a Popular Culture, Habell-Pallán and Romero have brought together scholars from the humanities and social sciences to analyze representations of Latinidad in a diversity of genres - media, culture, music, film, theatre, art, and sports - that are emerging across the nation in relation to Chicanas, Chicanos, mestizos, Puerto Ricans, Caribbeans, Central Americans and South Americans, and Latinos in Canada.
Contributors include Adrian Burgos, Jr., Luz Calvo, Arlene Dávila, Melissa A. Fitch, Michelle Habell-Pallán, Tanya Katerí Hernández, Josh Kun, Frances Negron-Muntaner, William A. Nericcio, Raquel Z. Rivera, Ana Patricia Rodríguez, Gregory Rodriguez, Mary Romero, Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez, Christopher A. Shinn, Deborah R. Vargas, and Juan Velasco.
Cover artwork "Layering the Decades" by Diane Gamboa, 2002, mixed media on paper, 11 X 8.5". Copyright 2001, Diane Gamboa. Printed with permission.

Author / Editor information

Habell-Pallan Michelle :

Michelle Habell-Pallán is an Associate Professor in the Women Studies Department at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is the co-editor with Mary Romero of Latino/a Popular Culture (NYU Press, 2002).Romero Mary :

Mary Romero is Professor of Justice Studies at Arizona University. She is the author or editor of many books, including Maid in the U.S.A.. In 2012, she was awarded the Julian Samora Distinguished Career Award by the Latino/Latina Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Reviews

Latino/a Popular Culture greatly contributes to the genres of both cultural studies and Latino studies. The editors exhort undergraduate and graduate students to continue looking at Latino/a popular coluture as "as site of invention, critique and pleasure" (p.16) since much work still needs to be done in this area.

The book provides an insight into the current struggles that Latinos who live in the norhern hemisphere face.

Mary Pat Brady,Cornell University:
With stunning, eloquent, and insightful essays Latina and Latino Popular Culture offers the best guide to the cultural production of the largest group of people of color in the United States. The essays broaden both our knowledge of Latino/a cultural production and challenge the traditional paradigms of cultural and ethnic studies doing so through accessible, historically informed approaches.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Mary Romero and Michelle Habell-Pallán Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
MEDIA/CULTURE
1 Talking Back: Spanish Media and U.S. Latinidad Arlene Dávila Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2 Barbie’s Hair: Selling Out Puerto Rican Identity in the Global Market Frances Negrón-Muntaner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
3 The Buena Vista Social Club: The Racial Politics of Nostalgia Tanya Katerí Hernández Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4 “Lemme Stay, I Want to Watch” Ambivalence in Borderlands Cinema Luz Calvo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
MUSIC
5 Encrucijadas: Rubén Blades at the Transnational Crossroads Ana Patricia Rodríguez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6 “The Sun Never Sets on MTV” Tijuana NO! and the Border of Music Video Josh Kun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
7 Bidi Bidi Bom Bom: Selena and Tejano Music in the Making of Tejas Deborah R. Vargas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
8 Hip Hop and New York Puerto Ricans Raquel Rivera Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
THEATER AND ART
9 Paul Simon’s The Capeman: The Staging of Puerto Rican National Identity as Spectacle and Commodity on Broadway Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
10 Gender Bending in Latino Theater: Johnny Diego,The His-panic Zone, and Deporting the Divas by Guillermo Reyes Melissa A. Fitch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
11 “Don’t Call Us Hispanic” Popular Latino Theater in Vancouver Michelle Habell-Pallán Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
12 A Decidedly “Mexican” and “American” Semi[er]otic Transference: Frida Kahlo in the Eyes of Gilbert Hernandez William A. Nericcio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
13 Performing Multiple Identities: Guillermo Gómez-Peña and His “Dangerous Border Crossings” Juan Velasco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
SPORTS
14 Learning America’s Other Game: Baseball, Race, and the Study of Latinos Adrian Burgos Jr. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
15 Fútbol Nation: U.S. Latinos and the Goal of a Homeland Christopher A. Shinn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
16 Boxing and Masculinity: The History and (Her)story of Oscar de la Hoya Gregory Rodriguez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: June 1, 2002
ISBN: 9780814790816