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Juan Flores

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Juan Flores

Pen Names: John Martin Flores（Birth name (sometimes published as John Flores)）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1943-09-29 （Alexandria, Virginia）
Died
2014-12-02 （Durham, North Carolina (Duke University Medical Center)） age 71
Nationality
United States
Languages
English, Spanish
Residence History
New York City (work and research) → Durham, North Carolina (later life)

Career

Occupations
Scholar, Professor, Latino Studies Scholar
Active Years
1970-2014
Affiliations
New York University, Latino Studies Program

Education

Queens College, City University of New York
Literature
Degree: B.A.
Country: United States
Bachelor's degree (exact graduation year unknown)
Yale University
German Literature
Degree: M.A.
Country: United States
Master's program (exact year unknown)
Yale University
German Literature
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: United States
Ph.D. (exact year unknown)

Awards

Casa de las Américas Prize (Insularismo e ideologia burguesa en Antonio Pedreira)
1980
Work: Insularismo e ideologia burguesa en Antonio Pedreira
Organization: Casa de las Américas
Result: 受賞
Ford grant (The Afro-Latin@ Project)
2002
Work: The Afro-Latin@ Project
Organization: Ford Foundation
Result: 助成
National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship
2007
Organization: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Result: フェローシップ
Smithsonian Latino Legacy Award
2008
Organization: Smithsonian Institution
Result: 受賞
American Book Award (The Afro-Latin@ Reader)
2011
Work: The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States
Organization: Before Columbus Foundation
Result: 受賞（共同編集者 Miriam Jiménez Román と）
Casa de las Américas Prize (Bugalú y otros guisos)
2009
Work: Bugalú y otros guisos: essays on Latino cultures in the United States
Organization: Casa de las Américas
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Poetry in East Germany

1970 Scholarly work

A study of poetry in East Germany examining poetic expression in relation to politics and society.

East German literaturePoetryPolitics and expression

Insularismo e ideologia burguesa en Antonio Pedreira

1980 Scholarly work

A study on Puerto Rican culture and ideology; recipient of the Casa de las Américas Prize.

Puerto Rican cultureIdeology

Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity

1993 Essay collection

A collection of essays on Puerto Rican identity, addressing culture, history, and literature.

IdentityMigrationCultural studies

La venganza de Cortijo

1997 Essay/Study

A collection including cultural reflections related to Puerto Rican musician Rafael Cortijo.

Music culturePuerto Rico

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

2000 Scholarly work / Cultural studies

Examines how Puerto Rican culture, from bomba to hip-hop, shaped Latino identity in the United States.

Music and cultureIdentityDiaspora

Cortijo's Wake

2004 Translation (literary)

English translation of Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá's El entierro de Cortijo, a literary account of Rafael Cortijo's funeral.

TranslationMusic cultureMemory

A Companion to Latino Studies

2007 Edited volume

Co-edited with Renato Rosaldo, a volume collecting essays on Latina/o identity by leading scholars.

Latino studiesIdentityInterdisciplinary research

The Diaspora Strikes Back: Caribeño Tales of Learning and Turning

2009 Scholarly work / Diaspora studies

Discusses the concept of the 'new' diaspora and cultural/social exchanges between homelands and host countries.

DiasporaTransnationalismCultural remittances

Bugalú y otros guisos: essays on Latino cultures in the United States

2010 Essay collection

A collection of essays examining Latino cultures in the United States.

Latino cultureSocial history

The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States

2011 Edited reader

An edited reader on the history and culture of Afro-Latinos in the U.S., co-edited with Miriam Jiménez Román; recipient of an American Book Award.

Afro-LatinoRacial categorizationHistory

Salsa Rising: New York Latin Music of the Sixties Generation

2016 Music history / Cultural studies

A study of New York Latin music of the 1960s and its generational significance (published posthumously).

SalsaMusic and generationsUrban culture

Bibliography

  • Poetry in East Germany (1970)
  • Insularismo e ideologia burguesa en Antonio Pedreira (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, translation)
  • A Companion to Latino Studies (2007, co-edited)
  • The Diaspora Strikes Back (2009)
  • Bugalú y otros guisos (2010)
  • The Afro-Latin@ Reader (2011, co-edited)
  • Salsa Rising (2016, posthumous)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Interdisciplinary approach (cultural studies and social theory)Historical and sociological analytical writingEmphasis on oral culture and music
Recurring Motifs
Diaspora and transnationalismPuerto Rican / Latino identityMusic culture (bomba, salsa, hip-hop)Racial categorization of Afro-Latinos

Health

  • Guillain–Barré syndrome
    晩年（詳細不明）
    Reported to have neurological effects in later life; details unclear
  • Pulmonary embolism
    2014年（死亡原因）
    Died in December 2014 from a pulmonary embolism

Legacy

Juan Flores was a New York–based scholar who made major contributions to Latino studies, Puerto Rican studies, and Afro-Latino studies. He is known for work on diaspora theory and analyses of music culture. Through editing and translation he helped expand the field and bridge academia and community.

Trivia

  • Birth name was John Martin Flores.
  • Co-edited The Afro-Latin@ Reader with his wife Miriam Jiménez Román; the book received an American Book Award in 2011.
  • Died at age 71 in December 2014 at Duke University Medical Center of a pulmonary embolism.
  • Reported to have suffered from Guillain–Barré syndrome in later life.