Gustavo Perez Firmat

Life on the Hyphen

The Cuban-American Way

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With fascinating insights into how both ordinary and famous Cuban-Americans, including Desi Arnaz, Oscar Hijuelos, Gloria Estefan, and Josà Kozer, have lived â life on the hyphen,â this is an expanded, updated edition of the classic, award-winning study of

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780292735996
• ISBN-10: 0292735995
• Artikelnr.: 35056056

Autorenporträt

By Gustavo Pérez Firmat

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface to the Second Edition. The Facts of Life on the Hyphen
2. Introduction. The Desi Chain
* Mambo No. 1: Lost in Translation
3. Chapter One. I Love Ricky
* Mambo No. 2: Spic 'n' Spanish
4. Chapter Two. The Man Who Loved Lucy
* Mambo No. 3: Desi Does It
5. Chapter Three. A Brief History of Mambo Time
* Mambo No. 4: The Barber of Little Havana
6. Chapter Four. Salsa for All Seasons
* Mambo No. 5: Mirror, Mirror
7. Chapter Five. Rum, Rump, and Rumba
* Mambo No. 6: English Is Broken Here
8. Chapter Six. No Man's Language
* Mambo No. 7: El mago de la ñ y el acento
9. Chapter Seven. The Spell of the Hyphen
10. Epilogue. My Repeating Island
11. Notes
12. Index