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Book Synopsis
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

Table of Contents
  • Preface to the Second Edition. The Facts of Life on the Hyphen
  • Introduction. The Desi Chain
    • Mambo No. 1: Lost in Translation
  • Chapter One. I Love Ricky
    • Mambo No. 2: Spic 'n' Spanish
  • Chapter Two. The Man Who Loved Lucy
    • Mambo No. 3: Desi Does It
  • Chapter Three. A Brief History of Mambo Time
    • Mambo No. 4: The Barber of Little Havana
  • Chapter Four. Salsa for All Seasons
    • Mambo No. 5: Mirror, Mirror
  • Chapter Five. Rum, Rump, and Rumba
    • Mambo No. 6: English Is Broken Here
  • Chapter Six. No Man's Language
    • Mambo No. 7: El mago de la ñ y el acento
  • Chapter Seven. The Spell of the Hyphen
  • Epilogue. My Repeating Island
  • Notes
  • Index

Life on the Hyphen

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/05/2012
      ISBN13: 9780292735996, 978-0292735996
      ISBN10: 0292735995
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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

      Table of Contents
      • Preface to the Second Edition. The Facts of Life on the Hyphen
      • Introduction. The Desi Chain
        • Mambo No. 1: Lost in Translation
      • Chapter One. I Love Ricky
        • Mambo No. 2: Spic 'n' Spanish
      • Chapter Two. The Man Who Loved Lucy
        • Mambo No. 3: Desi Does It
      • Chapter Three. A Brief History of Mambo Time
        • Mambo No. 4: The Barber of Little Havana
      • Chapter Four. Salsa for All Seasons
        • Mambo No. 5: Mirror, Mirror
      • Chapter Five. Rum, Rump, and Rumba
        • Mambo No. 6: English Is Broken Here
      • Chapter Six. No Man's Language
        • Mambo No. 7: El mago de la ñ y el acento
      • Chapter Seven. The Spell of the Hyphen
      • Epilogue. My Repeating Island
      • Notes
      • Index

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