Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York - Softcover

Dávila, Arlene; Laó-Montes, Augustín

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0231112750 ISBN 13: 9780231112758

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2001

Synopsis

New York is the capital of mambo and a global factory of latinidad. This book covers the topic in all its multifaceted aspects, from Jim Crow baseball in the first half of the twentieth century to hip hop and ethno-racial politics, from Latinas and labor unions to advertising and Latino culture, from Cuban cuisine to the language of signs in New York City.

Together the articles map out the main conceptions of Latino identity as well as the historical process of Latinization of New York. Mambo Montage is both a way of imagining latinidad and an angle of vision on the city.

About this title

Book Description:

A report on the state of Latino politics and culture in New York―the most populous and diverse Latino city in the United States.

About the Author:

Agustín Laó-Montes is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Arlene Dávila is an assistant professor of anthropology at New York University. She is the author of Sponsored Identities: Cultural Politics in Puerto Rico.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0231112750
• ISBN 13: 9780231112758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Laó-Montes Agustín, Dávila Arlene