Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York City 9780231505444
A report on the state of Latino politics and culture in New York—the most populous and diverse Latino city in the United
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Contributors
INTRODUCTION Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York City
PART I The Production of Latinidad: Histories, Social Movements, Cultural Struggles
1. "No Country But the One We Must Fight For": The Emergence of an Antillean Nation and Community in New York City (1860-1901)
2. "The Latins from Manhattan": Confronting Race and Building Community in Jim Crow Baseball, 1906-1950
3. Latino Caribbean Diasporas in New York
4. Niuyol: Urban Regime, Latino Social Movements, Ideologies of Latinidad
5. Culture in the Battlefront: From Nationalist to Pan-Latino Projects
PART II Expressive Cultures: Narrating, Imaging, and Performing Latinidad
6. Life Off the Hyphen: Latino Literature and Nuyorican Traditions
7. "Nothing Connects Us All But Imagined Sounds": Performing Trans-Boricua Memories, Identities, and Nationalisms Through the Death of Hector Lavoe
8. Hip-Hop, Puerto Ricans, and Ethnoracial Identities in New York
9. Ambiguous Identities! The Affirmation of Puertorriquenidad in the Community Murals of New York City
PART III Latino/a Identities and the Politics of Space and Place
10. Making Loisaida: Placing Puertorriquenidad in Lower Manhattan
11. The Manifold Character of Panethnicity: Latino Identities and Practices Among Dominicans in New York City
12. Immigration Status and Identity: Undocumented Mexicans in New York
13. Outside/In: Crossing Queer and Latino Boundaries
14. Engendering and Coloring Labor Unions: Transultural Readings of Latin American Women's Ways
PART IV Latinizing Cityscapes
15. The Latin Side of Madison Avenue: Marketing and the Language that Makes Us "Hispanics"
16. Eating in Cuban
17. Taking "Class" Into Account: Dance, the Studio, and Latino Culture
18. Deceptive Solidity: Public Signs, Civic Inclusion, and Language Rights in New York City (and Beyond)
Contents
Acknowledgments
Contributors
INTRODUCTION Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York City
PART I The Production of Latinidad: Histories, Social Movements, Cultural Struggles
1. "No Country But the One We Must Fight For": The Emergence of an Antillean Nation and Community in New York City (1860-1901)
2. "The Latins from Manhattan": Confronting Race and Building Community in Jim Crow Baseball, 1906-1950
3. Latino Caribbean Diasporas in New York
4. Niuyol: Urban Regime, Latino Social Movements, Ideologies of Latinidad
5. Culture in the Battlefront: From Nationalist to Pan-Latino Projects
PART II Expressive Cultures: Narrating, Imaging, and Performing Latinidad
6. Life Off the Hyphen: Latino Literature and Nuyorican Traditions
7. "Nothing Connects Us All But Imagined Sounds": Performing Trans-Boricua Memories, Identities, and Nationalisms Through the Death of Hector Lavoe
8. Hip-Hop, Puerto Ricans, and Ethnoracial Identities in New York
9. Ambiguous Identities! The Affirmation of Puertorriquenidad in the Community Murals of New York City
PART III Latino/a Identities and the Politics of Space and Place
10. Making Loisaida: Placing Puertorriquenidad in Lower Manhattan
11. The Manifold Character of Panethnicity: Latino Identities and Practices Among Dominicans in New York City
12. Immigration Status and Identity: Undocumented Mexicans in New York
13. Outside/In: Crossing Queer and Latino Boundaries
14. Engendering and Coloring Labor Unions: Transultural Readings of Latin American Women's Ways
PART IV Latinizing Cityscapes
15. The Latin Side of Madison Avenue: Marketing and the Language that Makes Us "Hispanics"
16. Eating in Cuban
17. Taking "Class" Into Account: Dance, the Studio, and Latino Culture
18. Deceptive Solidity: Public Signs, Civic Inclusion, and Language Rights in New York City (and Beyond)
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- Agustín Laó-Montes (editor)
- Arlene Dávila (editor)
