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The cultural expression of Puerto Ricans in New York: a theoretical perspective and critical review
Latin American perspectives • 3 (3) • Published In 1976 • Pages: 117-152
By: Cortes, Felix, Falcon, Angelo, Flores, Juan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article, which has a Marxist orientation, presents a preliminary survey and commentary on the cultural world of Puerto Ricans in New York City, as represented in their music, drama and theater, and poetry. According to the authors '…the prominent features of the music, poetry, and drama of Puerto Ricans in the United States arise from the single event of the dismemberment of the colony, the transfer of part of its people as wage-laborers into new economic, political, and cultural circumstances, and the growth and development of the new community' (p. 149). The article contains valuable information on various forms of music in Puerto Rican culture, on theater and drama, and on the rich legacy available to Puerto Ricans in the oral traditions of the peasantry and in classical poetry.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Music
- Drama
- Literature
- Literary texts
- Musical and theatrical productions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Puerto Ricans (Mainland)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1992
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Felix Cortes, Angelo Falcon, and Juan Flores
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Puerto Ricans--New York, N.Y.--Social life and customs