Nuyorican spaces: mapping identity in a poetic geography

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contents Nuyorican spaces: mapping identity in a poetic geography Edrik López Sociología space poetry Puerto Rican Nuyorican poets Nuyorican identity This paper examines the role spatial constructions inNuyorican poetry have in the discourse on a Nuyoricanidentity. It revisits Juan Flores’ essay “‘Qué assimilated,brother, yo soy asimilao’: the Structuring of Puerto RicanIdentity in the U.S.” (1985). In his essay, Flores identified“four moments” of a Nuyorican consciousness heencountered in Nuyorican poetry. My paper attemptsto elaborate on Flores’ argument and argue that the“four moments” are linked to relations with space.Moreover, these spatial constructions constitute alayered conversation on national identity. The paper examines major Nuyorican spaces in important Nuyorican poems. 2005 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717110 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.1 Vol.XVII
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spellingShingle Nuyorican spaces: mapping identity in a poetic geography
Edrik López
Sociología
space
poetry
Puerto Rican
Nuyorican poets
Nuyorican identity
Nuyorican spaces: mapping identity in a poetic geography Edrik López Sociología space poetry Puerto Rican Nuyorican poets Nuyorican identity This paper examines the role spatial constructions inNuyorican poetry have in the discourse on a Nuyoricanidentity. It revisits Juan Flores’ essay “‘Qué assimilated,brother, yo soy asimilao’: the Structuring of Puerto RicanIdentity in the U.S.” (1985). In his essay, Flores identified“four moments” of a Nuyorican consciousness heencountered in Nuyorican poetry. My paper attemptsto elaborate on Flores’ argument and argue that the“four moments” are linked to relations with space.Moreover, these spatial constructions constitute alayered conversation on national identity. The paper examines major Nuyorican spaces in important Nuyorican poems. 2005 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717110 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.1 Vol.XVII
title Nuyorican spaces: mapping identity in a poetic geography
topic Sociología
space
poetry
Puerto Rican
Nuyorican poets
Nuyorican identity
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717110