Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá

Gebundenes Buch

Cortijo's Wake / El Entierro de Cortijo

Beschreibung

A lyrical narration and examination of the life and death of Rafael Cortijo, an Afro-Caribbean drummer whose group--Cortijo y su Combo--influenced Puerto Rican society and music.

Autor

Edgardo RodrÍguez JuliÁ is a widely acclaimed Puerto Rican novelist. Among his many books are Sol de medianoche (1999), La noche oscura del Nino AvilÉs (1984), and La renuncia del hÉroe Baltasar (1974, translated into English in 1997 as The Renunciation). Since 1968, he has taught literature and writing at the University of Puerto Rico. Juan Flores is Professor of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College and Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of a number of books including From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity and Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 144mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780822332039
• ISBN-10: 0822332035
• Artikelnr.: 21803699