Skip to main content
University of Michigan Press Ebook Collection

University of Michigan Press
Ebook Collection

Browse Books Help
Get access to more books. Log in with your institution.

Your use of this Platform is subject to the Fulcrum Terms of Service.

Share the story of what Open Access means to you

a graphic of a lock that is open, the universal logo for open access

University of Michigan needs your feedback to better understand how readers are using openly available ebooks. You can help by taking a short, privacy-friendly survey.

  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. Nuyorican Feminist Performance: From the Café to Hip Hop Theater

Nuyorican Feminist Performance: From the Café to Hip Hop Theater

Patricia Herrera
Restricted You don't have access to this book. Please try to log in with your institution. Log in
Read Book Buy Book
  • Overview

  • Contents

The Nuyorican Poets Café has for the past forty years provided a space for multicultural artistic expression and a platform for the articulation of Puerto Rican and black cultural politics. The Café's performances—poetry, music, hip hop, comedy, and drama—have been studied in detail, but until now, little attention has been paid to the voices of its women artists. Through archival research and interview, Nuyorican Feminist Performance examines the contributions of 1970s and '80s performeras and how they challenged the Café's gender politics. It also looks at recent artists who have built on that foundation with hip hop performances that speak to contemporary audiences. The book spotlights the work of foundational artists such as Sandra María Esteves, Martita Morales, Luz Rodríguez, and Amina Muñoz, before turning to contemporary artists La Bruja, Mariposa, Aya de León, and Nilaja Sun, who infuse their poetry and solo pieces with both Nuyorican and hip hop aesthetics.
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Chapter 1. Practicing a Feminist Nuyorican Aesthetic
  • Chapter 2. Gendering the Genealogies of the Nuyorican Aesthetic
  • Chapter 3. The Founding Mothers of the Nuyorican Poets Café
  • Chapter 4. Masculinity in Hip Hop, Spoken Word, and Slam Poetry
  • Chapter 5. “It Was Definitely a Family Affair”
  • Chapter 6. Performing Afro-Latinidad
  • Chapter 7. A Hip Hop Feminist Approach to Aya de León’s Thieves in the Temple
  • Chapter 8. Beyond the Tangible
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
Citable Link
Published: 2020
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN(s)
  • 978-0-472-07448-8 (hardcover)
  • 978-0-472-12676-7 (ebook)
  • 978-0-472-05448-0 (paper)
Subject
  • Literary Studies:Poetry and Poetry Criticism
  • American Studies
  • Latinx Studies
  • Theater and Performance

Resources

Search and Filter Resources

Filter search results by

Section

  • Chapter 81
Filter search results by

Keyword

  • Aya de León1
  • Self-Marriage Ceremony1
Filter search results by

Creator

  • de León, Anna
Filter search results by

Format

  • image1
Your search has returned 1 resource attached to Nuyorican Feminist Performance: From the Café to Hip Hop Theater

Search Constraints

Filtering by: Creator de León, Anna Remove constraint Creator: de León, Anna
Start Over

Not finding what you are looking for? Help improve Fulcrum's search and share your feedback.

1 entry found
  • First Appearance
  • Section (Earliest First)
  • Section (Last First)
  • Format (A-Z)
  • Format (Z-A)
  • Year (Oldest First)
  • Year (Newest First)
Number of results to display per page
  • 10 per page
  • 20 per page
  • 50 per page
  • 100 per page
View results as:
List Gallery

Search Results

Figure 21. Flier of Aya de León’s Self-Marriage Ceremony in black and white. De León is wearing a wedding dress and is joyously hugging her self.

Aya de León’s Self-Marriage Ceremony

From Chapter 8

Figure 21. Flier for Aya de León’s Self-Marriage Ceremony, February 14, 2004. Photo and courtesy by Anna de León.

University of Michigan Press Contact Us

UMP EBC

  • Browse and Search
  • About UMP EBC
  • Impact and Usage

Follow Us

  • UMP EBC Newsletter
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

Quicklinks

  • Help/FAQ
  • Title List
  • MARC Records
  • KBART Records
  • Usage Stats
© 2023, Regents of the University of Michigan · Accessibility · Preservation · Privacy · Terms of Service
Powered by Fulcrum logo · Log In
x This site requires cookies to function correctly.