 First edition cover | |
| Author | Giannina Braschi |
|---|---|
| Language | English, Spanish, Spanglish |
| Series | Discovery |
| Subject | Inspiration, poetry, creative process, democracy, Puerto Rican culture, writer's block, discrimination, racism, sexism, US colonialism |
| Genre | |
| Published | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Latin American Literary Review Press, 1998 |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 205 |
| ISBN | 9780935480979 |
| OCLC | 39339100 |
Yo-Yo Boing! (1998) is a postmodern novel in English, Spanish, and Spanglish by Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi.[1][2] The cross-genre work is a structural hybrid of poetry, political philosophy, musical, manifesto, treatise, memoir, and drama.[3] The work addresses tensions between Anglo-American and Hispanic-American cultures in the United States.[4]
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- ^ Aldama, Frederick Luis (2020). Poets, Philosophers, Lovers: On the Writings of Giannina Braschi. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 9780822946182.
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