Life on the hyphen

Life on the hyphen: the Cuban-American way

by Pérez Firmat, Gustavo

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With fascinating insights into how both ordinary and famous Cuban-Americans, including Desi Arnaz, Oscar Hijuelos, Gloria Estefan, and José 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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  • Full title :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 José 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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012.
  • Edition:Rev. ed

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 240 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780292735989, 0292735987, 9780292735996, 0292735995
  • oclc:on1205042494

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Desi chain -- I love Ricky -- The man who loved Lucy -- A brief history of mambo time -- Salsa for all seasons -- Rum, rump, and rumba -- No man's language -- The spell of the hyphen -- Epilogue: My repeating island.

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Subjects

Américains d'origine cubaine Américains d'origine cubaine -- Floride Cuban Americans Cuban Americans -- Florida Culture populaire -- États-Unis Florida -- Miami Popular culture Popular culture -- United States United States

Writers

Pérez Firmat, Gustavo

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