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"In this first systematic comparative study of Cuba and Puerto Rico from both a historical and contemporary perspective, contributors highlight the interconnectedness of the two archipelagos and encourage a more nuanced and multifaceted study of the relationships between the islands and their diasporas"--

Popular culture --- Popular culture --- Cuban literature --- Puerto Rican literature --- History. --- History. --- Cuba --- Puerto Rico --- History. --- History.

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A timely self-examination of the "mixed" American experience featuring exclusive recipes and photographs from the author's multicultural family.As citizens continue to evolve and diversify within the United States, the ingredients that comprise each flavorful household are waiting to be discovered and devoured. In Colorful Palate, author Raj Tawney shares his coming-of-age memoir as a young man born into an Indian, Puerto Rican, and Italian-American family, his struggles with understanding his own identity, and the mouthwatering flavors of the melting pot from within his own childhood kitchen.While the world outside can be cruel and unforgiving, it's even more complicated for a mixed-race kid, unsure of his place in the world. Turning to his mother and grandmother for guidance, Tawney's assistance in the kitchen provided intimate moments and candor as he listened to the tales behind each culinary delicacy and the women who perfected them. Each lovingly prepared meal offered another opportunity to learn more about his extraordinary heritage. The ability to create delicious fare with his family wasn't just a duty for the grand ladies who raised him; they were a survival tactic for navigating new and unknown cultures, not always willing to accept them at first or even a hundredth glance. As Tawney examines both himself and his loved ones through the formative stages of his life, from boyhood through adulthood, he begins to realize, through all of the chaos and confusion, just how "American" he actually was. In this contemporary coming-of-age tale, Tawney tackles personal hot-button issues about race and identity through poignant, heartfelt moments centered around delicious meals. From succulent tandoori chicken to delectable arroz con habichuelas to scrumptious spaghetti and meatballs, Tawney shares his family recipes along with the intimate stories he overheard in the kitchen as he played sous chef to hundreds of recipes that not only span continents but come with their own personal histories attached. Colorful Palate is a tale of the mixed experience, one of the millions that rarely gets told, undefined by a single group or birthright, and unapologetic about its lack of classification.

Cooking --- Cultural pluralism --- Indian. --- Italian. --- Long Island. --- Memoir. --- New York. --- Puerto Rican. --- The Bronx. --- cooking. --- cuisine. --- food. --- narrative. --- non-fiction. --- recipes.

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"Aloha Compadre: Latinxs in Hawaiʻi is the first book to examine the collective history and contemporary experiences of the Latinx population of Hawaiʻi. This study reveals that contrary to popular discourse, Latinx migration to Hawaiʻi is not a recent event. In the national memory of the United States for example, the Latinx population of Hawaiʻi is often portrayed as recent arrivals and not as long-term historical communities with a presence that precedes the formation of statehood itself. Historically speaking Latinxs have been voyaging to the Hawaiian Islands for over 190 years. From the early 1830s to the present, they continue to help shape Hawaiʻi's history, yet their contributions are often overlooked. Latinxs have thus been a part of the cultural landscape of Hawaiʻi prior to annexation, territorial status, and statehood in 1959. Aloha Compadre also explores the expanding boundaries of Latinx migration beyond the western hemisphere and into Oceania"--

Hispanic Americans --- Latin Americans --- Immigrants --- History. --- Hawaii --- Race relations --- Ethnic relations --- latino, latinx, latina, hispanic, hawai'i, hawaiian, immigration, mixed, mixed race, boricua, Puerto Rican, culture, American studies, anthropology.

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"In the late 1970s, Hollywood producers took the published biography of Crystal Lee Sutton, a white southern textile worker, and transformed it into a blockbuster 1979 film, Norma Rae, featuring Sally Field in the title role. This fascinating book reveals how the film and the popular icon it created each worked to efface the labor history that formed the foundation of the film's story. Drawing on an impressive range of sources—union records, industry reports, film scripts, and oral histories—Aimee Loiselle's cutting-edge scholarship shows how gender, race, culture, film, and mythology have reconfigured and often undermined the history of the American working class and its labor activism. While Norma Rae constructed a powerful image of individual defiance by a white working-class woman, Loiselle demonstrates that female industrial workers across the country and from diverse racial backgrounds understood the significance of cultural representation and fought to tell their own stories. Loiselle painstakingly reconstructs the underlying histories of working women in this era and makes clear that cultural depictions must be understood as the complicated creations they are"--

Working class women --- Women in the labor movement --- Needleworkers --- Textile workers --- Women --- Puerto Rican women --- Labor movement --- Women labor leaders --- Working class --- History --- Labor unions --- Organizing --- Political activity --- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies --- Norma Rae (Motion picture : 1979)

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"Examines landscape, harborscape, and seascape paintings by Fitz H. Lane (1804-1865) that comment on agriculture, extraction industries, settlement patterns, trade, and the political economy of nineteenth-century coastal New England"--

Harbors in art. --- Marine painting, American --- Landscape painting, American --- Lane, Fitz Henry, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- New England. --- Massachusetts --- New England --- Gloucester Harbor (Mass.) --- In art. --- California. --- Cape Ann. --- Dutch Guyana. --- Gloucester. --- Grand Banks. --- Maine. --- Massachusetts. --- Puerto Rico. --- Robert Bennet Forbes. --- Sidney Mason. --- Surinam. --- canon formation. --- cultural landscape. --- daily life. --- extraction industries. --- global trade. --- gold rush. --- granite. --- labor. --- landscape painting. --- lumber. --- modernism. --- nineteenth-century fisheries. --- opium. --- pirates. --- reevaluation of the American artist Fitz Henry Lane. --- tourism.