%0 Journal Article
%T Nuyorican spaces: mapping identity in a poetic geography
%A Edrik L¨®pez
%J Centro Journal
%D 2005
%I 
%X This paper examines the role spatial constructions in Nuyorican poetry have in the discourse on a Nuyorican identity. It revisits Juan Flores  essay   Qu¨¦ assimilated, brother, yo soy asimilao : the Structuring of Puerto Rican Identity in the U.S.  (1985). In his essay, Flores identified  four moments  of a Nuyorican consciousness he encountered in Nuyorican poetry. My paper attempts to elaborate on Flores  argument and argue that the  four moments  are linked to relations with space. Moreover, these spatial constructions constitute a layered conversation on national identity. The paper examines major Nuyorican spaces in important Nuyorican poems.
%U http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717110