Juan Flores Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis Yale University, Ph.D., 1970; Yale University, M.A., 1966; Queens College, B.A., 1964. Email:

Areas of Research/Interest: Social and cultural theory, Latino and Puerto Rican studies, popular music, theory of diaspora and transnational communities, Afro-Latino culture.

Select Publications:

Poetry in East Germany (1970)

Insularismo e ideologia burguesa (1980)

Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity (1993)

La venganza de Cortijo (1997)

From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity (2000)

Cortijo's Wake (2004)

Companion to Latino Studies (2007)

The Diaspora Strikes Back (2009)

Bugalú y otros guisos (2010)

The Afro-Latino Reader (2011)

Fellowships/Honors: Casa de las Americas Prize (1980), Ford grant for The Afro-Latin@ Project (2002-3), NEH Research Fellowship (2007), Smithsonian Institution Latino Legacy Award (2008), Casa de las Americas Prize (2009)

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