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'Que assimilated, brother, yo soy asimilao'essay 1993 • Flores, Juan
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
This is a comparative look at two Hispanic populations, the Chicanos of Los Angeles and Puerto Ricans of New York. Chicanos and Puerto Ricans share a common Latin American culture and immigrant experience of discrimination and exploitation. However t...Puerto Rican language and culture in New York Cityessay 1987 • Flores, Juan et al.
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
El Barrio (East Harlem), the oldest Puerto Rican community in New York City, was chosen as the site of study for this essay because it represents a large, old and stable settlement whose inhabitants consist of at least three generations of New York P...The cultural expression of Puerto Ricans in New Yorkarticle 1976 • Cortes, Felix et al.
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
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 prominen...Memoirs of Bernardo VegaBook 1984 • Vega, Bernardo et al.
Puerto Ricans (Mainland) • North America > Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
Bernardo Vega's memoirs are a unique and sometimes humorous first-hand account of the author's life as an immigrant during the first half of the twentieth century. The memoirs also present data on the activities and concerns of the Puerto Rican commu...