Macho Camacho's Beat - Brossura

Sanchez, Luis Rafael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1564782581 ISBN 13: 9781564782588

Casa editrice: Dalkey Archive Pr, 2001

Riassunto

Infinitely multiplied by the blare of radios, TVs and record players in San Juan, Macho Camacho's guaracha weaves its way across the city and through the lives of one family on a single day: Senator Vicente Reinosa, a crooked politician stuck in a gargantuan traffic jam; his neurotic, aristocratic wife; their son Benny, a fascist who is quite literally in love with his Ferrari, and the Senator's mistress, who inhabits a poorer world with her idiot child, her cousins (Hughie, Louie, and Dewey) and her friend Dona Chon. Macho Camacho's Beat blends the music of puns, fantastic wordplay, advertising slogans, and pop-culture references with the rhythm of the guaracha to satirize the invasive "Americanization" of the island and the way in which a momentary fad impacts the culture at large.

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L'autore:

Considered by many to be the greatest Puerto Rican playwright of modern times. Born and raised in the city of Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico in 1955, earning a Bachelors of Arts degree. In 1959 he earned a Masters Degree in dramatic arts in City University of New York. He eventually went to Spain and earned his Doctorate in Literature in 1975, from the Complutense University of Madrid.

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Book by Sanchez Luis

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• Editore: Dalkey Archive Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1564782581
• ISBN 13: 9781564782588
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 211