Test 2 Culture Flashcards
La bodeguita del medio
Famous restaurant in old Havana for Cuban food and mojitos - Ernest Hemingways favorite place
Mercado modelo
Traditional market in San Domingo - sell merchandise like perfumes and flowers
Calle San Sebastián
Famous section of old San Juan for night life, restaurants, and music
La mallorquina
Oldest and most famous restaurant in old San Juan - open in 1848 and began functioning as it does today in 1936
Wilfredo Lam
Cuban painter - art is influenced by Chinese, European, African, and Indian heritage
Rosario ferré
Puerto rican writer - many pieces had feminist themes (wrote all kinds of works)
Julia de Burgos
Puerto rica poet – died at age of 39 - poems included Caribbean culture and feminist ideas
Óscar de La Renta
Dominican designer of dresses for First Ladies and famous actresses
La salsa
Dance form that originated in Cuba - spread to US through large Latin influence in New York
El son cubano
Form of music originating in Cuba w/ Spanish and African influence
El reggatón
Music type that originated in Puerto Rico - danceable mix of reggae and hip hop
La desesperación de las letras
Turning on TV causes books to fall off shelf and die-signifies how technology overtakes classics
Desconexión
Ariel-doctor, foster-dad, lucas= robber : foster left his phone in a taxi and Lucas stole it, bc he didn’t have his phone, he couldn’t talk to his child’s doctor and she died before he got to the hospital
Sin palabras
David is staying at his grandfather’s house- it is a rocky relationship likely due to stain between the grandfather and David’s mother
Semana Santa
Celebration in Antigua, Guatemala - parade w/ floats, people decorate windows and churches fur parades, and altars are made from dyed saw dust and flowers
