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Informationen zum Autor Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez, eds. Klappentext A hybrid of reggae and rap, reggaeton is a music with Spanish-language lyrics and Latin-Caribbean aesthetics that has taken Latin America, the United States, and the world by storm. Superstars including Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, and Ivy Queen garner interna Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations vii Foreword: What's all the noise about? / Juan Flores ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Reggaeton's Socio-Sonic Circuitry / Wayne Marshall, Raquel Z. Rivera, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez 1 Part I. Mapping Reggaeton From Música Negra to Reggaeton Latino: The Cultural Politics of Nation, Migration, and Commercialization / Wayne Marshall 19 Part II. The Panamanian Connection Placing Panama in the Reggaeton Narrative: Editor's Notes / Wayne Marshall 77 Reggae in Panama: Bien Tough / Christoph Twickel 81 The Panamanian Origins of Reggae in Español: Seeing History through "Los Ojos Café" of Renato / Interview by Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo 89 Muévelo (Move It!): From Panama to New York and Back Again, the Story of El General / Interview by Christoph Twickel 99 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 111 Dominicans in the Mix: Reflections on Dominican Identity, Race, and Reggaeton / Deborah Pacini Hernandezq 135 The Politics of Dancing: Reggaetón and Rap in Havana / Geoff Baker 165 You Got Your Reggaetón in my Hip-Hop: Crunkiao and "Spanish Music" in the Miami Urban Scene / Jose Davila 200 Part IV. Visualizing Reggaeton Visualizing Reggaeton: Editors' Notes / Wayne Marshall and Raquel Z. Rivera 215 Images by Miguel Luciano 218 Images by Carolina Caycedo 221 Images by Kacho López 222 Part V. Gendering Reggaeton (W)rapped in Foil: Glory at Twelve Words a Minute / Félix Jiménez 229 A Man Lives Here: Reggaeton's Hypermasculine Resident / Alfredo Nieves Moreno 252 How to Make Love with Your Clothes On: Dancing Regeton, Gender, and Sexuality in Cuba / Jan Fairley 280 Part VI. Reggaeton's Poetics, Politics, and Aesthetics Chamaco's Corner / Gallego (José Raúl González) 297 Salon Philosophers: Ivy Queen and Surprise Guests Take Reggaetón Aside / Alexandra T. Vazquez 300 From Hip-Hop to Reggaeton: Is There Only a Step? / Welmo Romero Joseph 312 Black Pride / Tego Calderón 324 Poetry of Filth: The (Post) Reggaetonic Lyrics of Calle 13 / Frances Negrón-Muntaner 327 Bibliography: Selected Sources for Reading Reggaeton 341 Index 345...
