The Latin Tinge
Weeks 8 & 9:
-The emergence of Musica Norteno on the Texas/Mexican border.
-Nuyorican mambo and salsa in New York City and around the world.
-Crossing geographic and cultural borders.
-Theories of cultural hybridity and identity in Latin America and in the diaspora.
10/20 Cathy Ragland (2001), Música Norteña: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation between Nations, Introduction (1-6, 152-153, 166-182).
10/22 Deborah Pacini Hernandez (2010), Oye Como Va!: Hybridity and Identity in Latino Popular Music, Introduction (1-14).
10/27 Peter Manuel (1995), Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae, Chapt 4: “Salsa and Beyond,” (72-89).
Hi everyone, this is a pre-recorded video to make up for yesterday’s class. The password is the same as the Zoom videos.
https://vimeo.com/410906714
10/29 Shuhei Hosokawa (2002), “Salsa No Tiene Fronteras: Orquesta de la Luz and the Globalization of Popular Music,” Situating Salsa, Ed. Lise Waxer, (289-311).