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Life on the hyphen: the Cuban-American way
Gustavo Pérez Firmat
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With fascinating insights into how both ordinary and famous Cuban-Americans, including Desi Arnaz, Oscar Hijuelos, Gloria Estefan, and Jose� Kozer, have lived 'life on the hyphen', this is an expanded, updated edition of the classic, award-winning study of Cuban-American culture.
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Frontmatter
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PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION: The Facts of Life on the Hyphen (page ix)
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INTRODUCTION. The Desi Chain (page 1)
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MAMBO NO. 1: Lost in Translation (page 19)
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CHAPTER ONE. I Love Ricky (page 20)
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MAMBO NO. 2: Spic 'n' Spanish (page 43)
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CHAPTER TWO. The Man Who Loved Lucy (page 44)
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MAMBO NO. 3: Desi Does It (page 70)
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CHAPTER THREE. A Brief History of Mambo Time (page 71)
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MAMBO NO. 4: The Barber of Little Havana (page 94)
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CHAPTER FOUR. Salsa for All Seasons (page 95)
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MAMBO NO. 5: Mirror, Mirror (page 126)
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CHAPTER FIVE. Rum, Rump, and Rumba (page 128)
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MAMBO NO. 6: English is Broken Here (page 145)
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CHAPTER SIX. No Man's Language (page 147)
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MAMBO NO. 7: El mag de la ñ y el acento (page 171)
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CHAPTER SEVEN. The Spell of the Hyphen (page 172)
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EPILOGUE. My Repeating Island (page 190)
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Notes (page 197)
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Index (page 223)
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Permissions Acknowledgments (page 239)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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MELUS | 23.1 (Spring 1998): 182-184 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/467772 |
MLN | 110.2 (Mar. 1995): 464-465 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3251123 |
AL | 67.3 (Sep. 1995): 615-616 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2927969 |
JAEH | 16.2 (Winter 1997): 89-90 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/27502173 |
HAHR | 77. 1 (Feb. 1997): 167-169 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2517131 |
NWIG | 70. 3/4 (1996): 283-290 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/41849780 |
HISP | 96.4 (Dec. 2013): 794-796 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/hispania/v096/96.4.febles.html |
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Published: 2012
Publisher: University of Texas Press
- 9780292735989 (hardcover)
- 9780292742864 (ebook)
- 9780292735996 (paper)