{"product_id":"reggaeton-paperback","title":"Reggaeton - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRaquel Z. Rivera\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWayne Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDeborah Pacini Hernandez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hybrid of reggae and rap, reggaeton is a music with Spanish-language lyrics and 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 international attention, while aspiring performers use digital technologies to create and circulate their own tracks. \u003ci\u003eReggaeton\u003c\/i\u003e brings together critical assessments of this wildly popular genre. Journalists, scholars, and artists delve into reggaeton's local roots and its transnational dissemination; they parse the genre's aesthetics, particularly in relation to those of hip-hop; and they explore the debates about race, nation, gender, and sexuality generated by the music and its associated cultural practices, from dance to fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection opens with an in-depth exploration of the social and sonic currents that coalesced into reggaeton in Puerto Rico during the 1990s. Contributors consider reggaeton in relation to that island, Panama, Jamaica, and New York; Cuban society, Miami's hip-hop scene, and Dominican identity; and other genres including \u003ci\u003ereggae en español\u003c\/i\u003e, underground, and dancehall reggae. The reggaeton artist Tego Calderón provides a powerful indictment of racism in Latin America, while the hip-hop artist Welmo Romero Joseph discusses the development of reggaeton in Puerto Rico and his refusal to embrace the upstart genre. The collection features interviews with the DJ\/rapper El General and the reggae performer Renato, as well as a translation of \"Chamaco's Corner,\" the poem that served as the introduction to Daddy Yankee's debut album. Among the volume's striking images are photographs from Miguel Luciano's series Pure Plantainum, a meditation on identity politics in the bling-bling era, and photos taken by the reggaeton videographer Kacho López during the making of the documentary \u003ci\u003eBling'd: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors. Geoff Baker, Tego Calderón, Carolina Caycedo, Jose Davila, Jan Fairley, Juan Flores, Gallego (José Raúl González), Félix Jiménez, Kacho López, Miguel Luciano, Wayne Marshall, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Alfredo Nieves Moreno, Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo, Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Raquel Z. Rivera, Welmo Romero Joseph, Christoph Twickel, Alexandra T. Vazquez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaquel Z. Rivera is a Researcher at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNew York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone\u003c\/i\u003e and many articles for magazines and newspapers including \u003ci\u003eVibe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUrban Latino\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl Diario\/La Prensa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEl Nuevo Día\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClaridad\u003c\/i\u003e. She blogs at reggaetonica.blogspot.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWayne Marshall is the Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Ethnomusicology at Brandeis University. He blogs at wayneandwax.com, from which a post on reggaeton was selected for the \u003ci\u003eDa Capo Best Music Writing\u003c\/i\u003e 2006 anthology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah Pacini Hernandez is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University. The author of \u003ci\u003eBachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music\u003c\/i\u003e and a co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRockin' Las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin\/o America\u003c\/i\u003e, she has written many articles on Spanish Caribbean and U.S. Latino popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130368266375,"sku":"9780822343837","price":50.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bc49b270ed2d758f029478d554dbbaf7.webp?v=1732610213","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/reggaeton-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}