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Zimmerman, Marc, 1939-

Defending their own in the cold : the cultural turns of U.S. Puerto Ricans / Marc Zimmerman. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource - Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Puerto Rican and Chicano crossovers in Latino film and music culture -- The flag and three Rican artists -- U.S. Puerto Rican literature -- Puerto Rican poets in Chicago -- Carmen Pursifull : dancing from New York to Anglo Illinois -- Cuban-Puerto Rican relations and final projections.

This volume explores US Puerto Rican culture as presented in East Coast, Midwest, and Chicago cultural production while exploring Puerto Rican musical, film, artistic and literary performance. Marc Zimmerman relates the experience of Puerto Ricans to that of Chicanos and Cuban Americans.



ISBN: 9781283582919 9786613895363 6613895369

LCCN: 2019716614

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Puerto Ricans--Intellectual life.--United States
Puerto Ricans--Ethnic identity.--United States
Puerto Ricans--Attitudes.--United States
Arts, Puerto Rican--Social aspects--United States.
Puerto Ricans--Intellectual life.--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Ethnic identity.--Illinois--Chicago
Puerto Ricans--Attitudes.--Illinois--Chicago
Arts, Puerto Rican--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: E184 / .D444 2011