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T T ONGUE IES N D L A C EW IRECTIONS IN ATINO MERICAN ULTURES A Series Edited by Licia Fiol-Matta & José Quiroga Published in 2003: Velvet Barrios: Popular Culture & Chicana/o Sexualities, edited by Alicia Gaspar de Alba, with a foreword by Tomás Ybarra Frausto The Famous 41: Sexuality and Social Control in Mexico, 1901, edited by Robert McKee Irwin, Edward J. McCaughan, and Michele Rocío Nasser Bilingual Games: Some Literary Investigations, edited by Doris Sommer New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone, by Raquel Rivera Tongue Ties, by Gustavo Pérez Firmat Forthcoming Titles: New Tendencies in Mexican Art, by Rubén Gallo T T ONGUE IES Logo-Eroticism in Anglo-Hispanic Literature Gustavo Pérez Firmat TONGUE TIES Copyright © Gustavo Pérez Firmat, 2003. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 978-1-4039-6288-1 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2003 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN™ 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-52717-5 ISBN 978-1-4039-8092-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403980922 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available from the Library of Congress A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Design by Autobookcomp. First Palgrave Macmillan edition: August 2003 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For John M. Fein This page intentionally left blank The moment one learns English, complications set in. —Felipe Alfau, Chromos This page intentionally left blank C ONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Bilingual Bliss, Bilingual Blues 1 1. Saying Un-English Things in English 23 2. Love in a Foreign Language 45 3. Spanish-Only Body Talk 69 4. Mother’s Idiom, Father’s Tongue 87 5. Remembering Things Past in Translation 107 6. Spanish Passion, English Peace 123 7. Words That Smell Like Home 139 Epilogue: I’m Cuban—What’s Your Excuse? 159 Notes 165 Index 191
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