Puerto Rican Culture
Vejigante Mask Pendants (pk/12)
When it's carnivale time in Puerto Rico and the West Indies, street revelers wear colorful, grotesque masks to poke fun at the evil spirit 'Vejigante, ' or bogeyman.
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New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone
"New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone" explores the history of hip hop music from the standpoint of the New York Puerto Rican community which has been instrumental in its development.
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Call Me Maria
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Fifteen-year-old Marfa leaves her mother and their Puerto Rican home to live in the barrio of New York with her father, feeling torn between the two cultures in which she has been raised. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only.
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Panoramas
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A celebrated Puerto Rican poet writes about his native culture as it exists in the U.S. and in other places. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa
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While attending her grandmother`s funeral in the Caribbean, pampered Jewish princess Emily Goldberg wants absolutely nothing to do with her Puerto Rican heritage until a special person shows her the value of embracing her culture. Reprint.
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Barrio Dreams
Arlene Davila brilliantly considers the cultural politics of urban space in this lively exploration of Puerto Rican and Latino experience in New York, the global center of culture and consumption, where Latinos are now the biggest minority group.
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