Reggaeton
By: Rivera, Raquel (Edited by), Marshall, Wayne (Edited by), Hernandez, Deborah Pacini (Edited by).
Duke University Press. Published: 25/05/2009. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
"I cannot overstate how critically important this volume is. It captures the synergies of a musical and cultural movement that few have seriously grappled with, even as the sounds and styles of reggaeton have dominated the air space of so many urban locales." Mark Anthony Neal, author of Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic "This anthology introduces a chapter in hip hop history that brings it all back home, back to our transnational Afro-Spanish-speaking countries and diasporas and 'hoods where young people are going through their hip-hop ecstasies and traumas, but in their own language and in their own unique and hitherto unknown style." Juan Flores, author of From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity, from the preface to Reggaeton "The kinetic contributions in Reggaeton melt false borders--ones wrapped like straitjackets around peoples, knowledges, and cultures--and move the crowd. More than an exciting, exhaustive treatment of this vital musical culture, this anthology is a fine blueprint for engaged cultural scholarship right now."--Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation "It's about time academia dared to include reggaeton. This might mean that we're finally understanding that all of us are los de atras (the ones behind): our country, Puerto Rico, and the whole Caribbean. I hope people support this book so it can be translated into Spanish, and kids in Puerto Rico and Latin America can read it. Because we Caribbean people, even if we don't want to, even if we don't like it, even if it hurts, we come from behind ... and there's a value to that. There's a beauty to being los de atras."--Residente, frontman of the Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning duo Calle 13 Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0822343835/9780822343837
TITLE: Reggaeton
CONTRIBUTORS: Rivera, Raquel (Edited by), Marshall, Wayne (Edited by), Hernandez, Deborah Pacini (Edited by)
IMPRINT: Duke University Press
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 25/05/2009
SUBJECT: Music, Music, Rap & Hiphop, Reggae
PAGES: 392
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
ILLUSTRATIONS: 36 illustrations
CONTENTS: Illustrations; Foreward: What's all the noise about? / Juan Flores; Acknowledgments Introduction: Reggaeton's Socio-Sonic Circuitry / Wayne Marshall, Raquel Z. Rivera, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez Part I. Mapping Reggaeton From Musica Negra to Reggaeton Latino: The Cultural Politics of Nation, Migration, and Commercialization / Wayne Marshall Part II. The Panamanian Connection 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 Part III. (Trans)Local Studies and Ethnographies Policing Morality, Mano Dura Stylee: 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 Part IV. Visualizing Reggaeton Visualizing Reggaeton: Editors' Notes / Wayne Marshall and Raquel Z. Rivera; Images by Miguel Luciano; Images by Carolina Caycedo; Images by Kacho Lopez Part V. Gendering Reggaeton (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 Part VI. Reggaeton's Poetics, Politics, and Aesthetics 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 Bibliography: Selected Sources for Reading Reggaeton; Index
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