The representation of latino immigration in the musical of the United States of America: West Side Story and In The Heights

  • Virginia E. Higueras Rodríguez Universidad de La Laguna
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25145/j.latente.2021.19.04
Keywords: Immigration, Latino, New York, American musical, Puerto Rican, Dominican

Abstract

In a country founded by European emigrants, where the migratory flux has never stopped since the first settlers arrived in the 17th Century, the immigration coming from far beyond Río Grande has always been considered as invading. Through musicals like West Side Story (1957) and In the Heights (2007), we will analyze the change of paradigm of the Latino immigration as portrait in the American musical.

Published
2021-11-17
How to Cite
Higueras Rodríguez, Virginia E. 2021. “The Representation of Latino Immigration in the Musical of the United States of America: West Side Story and In The Heights”. Latente - Revista De Historia Y Estética Del Cine, Fotografía Y Cultura Visual, no. 19 (November), 73-88. https://doi.org/10.25145/j.latente.2021.19.04.
Issue
No 19 (2021)
Section
Miscellaneous

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