Reggaeton / edited by Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rivera, Raquel Z.

Marshall, Wayne, 1976-

Pacini Hernandez, Deborah.

Series:

Refiguring American music.

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Refiguring American music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reggaetón--History and criticism.

Reggaetón.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection offers the first critical assessment of the music and culture of reggaeton, a popular genre that blends reggae and rap, Spanish-language lyrics, and Latin-Caribbean aesthetics.

Contents:

From musica negra to reggaeton latino: the cultural politics of nation, migration, and commercialization / Wayne Marshall

Placing Panama in the reggaeton narrative : editor's notes / Wayne Marshall

Reggae in Panama : bien tough / Christoph Twickel

The Panamanian origins of reggae en espanol: seeing history through "los ojos cafe" of Renato / Interview by Ifeoma C.K. Nwankwo

Muevelo (move it!): from Panama to New York and back again, the story of El General / Interview by Christoph Twickel

Policing morality, mano dura style : the case of underground rap and reggae in Puerto Rico in the mid-1990s / Raquel Z. Rivera

Dominicans in the mix : reflections on Dominican identity, race, and reggaeton / Deborah Pacini Hernandez

The politics of dancing: reggaeton and rap in Havana / Geoff Baker

You got your reggaeton in my hip-hop: crunkiao and "Spanish music" in the Miami urban scene / Jose Davila

Visualizing reggaeton: editors' notes / Wayne Marshall and Raquel Z. Rivera

Images by Miguel Luciano

Images by Carolina Caycedo

Images by Kacho Lopez

(W)rapped in foil : glory at twelve words a minute / Felix jimenez

A man lives here : reggaeton's hypermasculine resident / Alfredo Nieves Moreno

How to make love with your clothes on : dancing regeton, gender, and sexuality in Cuba / Jan fairley

Chamaco's corner / Gallego (Jose Raul Gonzalez)

Salon philosophers : Ivy Queen and surprise guests take reggaeton aside / Alexandra T. Vazquez

From hip-hop to reggaeton: is there only a step? / Welmo Romero Joseph

Black pride / Tego Calderon

Poetry of filth : the (post) reggaetonic lyrics of calle 13 / Frances Negron-Muntaner.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613065391

9780822343837

0822343835

9781283065399

1283065398

OCLC:

317322342