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Remixing reggaetón : the cultural politics of race in Puerto Rico / Petra R. Rivera-Rideau.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivera-Rideau, Petra R., 1980-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reggaetón--History and criticism.
- Reggaetón.
- Puerto Rico--Race relations.
- Puerto Rico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Petra R. Rivera-Rideau shows how the popular music style reggaetón offers a space for Puerto Rican musicians to express identities that center blackness, forge links across the African diaspora, and critique the popular Puerto Rican discourse of racial democracy, which conceals racism and marginalizes black Puerto Ricans.
- Contents:
- Introduction: reggaetón takes its place
- Iron fist against rap
- The perils of perreo
- Loíza
- Fingernails con feeling
- Enter the Hurbans
- Conclusion: reggaetón's limits, possibilities, and futures.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822375258
- 0822375257
- OCLC:
- 1142713767
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