Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Preface xi
5. Part I Founding Spectacles
6. 1. Weighing In Theory: Puerto Ricans and American Culture 3
7. 2. 1898: The Trauma of Literature, the Shame of Identity 33
8. 3. Feeling Pretty: West Side Story and U.S. Puerto Rican Identity 58
9. Part II Boricuas in the Middle
10. 4. From Puerto Rico with Trash: Holly Woodlawn’s A Low Life in High Heels 87
11. 5. The Writing on the Wall: The Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat 115
12. 6. Flagging Madonna: Performing a Puerto Rican–American Erotics 145
13. Part III Boricua Anatomies
14. 7. Rosario’s Tongue: Rosario Ferré and the Commodification of Island Literature 179
15. 8. Barbie’s Hair: Selling Out Puerto Rican Identity in the Global Market 206
16. 9. Jennifer’s Butt: Valorizing the Puerto Rican Racialized Female Body 228
17. 10. Ricky’s Hips: The Queerness of Puerto Rican “White” Culture 247
18. Postscript: Words from the Grave 273
19. Notes 279
20. Index 329
21. About the Author 337