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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Reguetón en Ñ

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Pulse aquí para leer el artículo sobre reguetón que publicó el pasado viernes 2 de abril la Revista Ñ del periódico argentino Clarín . El ...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Liberation Mythologies: Art, Spirit & Justice

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What follows is the paper I presented on 3-19 at Duke University's symposium Dislocated Performances: Reimagining Latino Hip-Hop in the ...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Reimagining Latino Hip-Hop in the 21st Century

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Tomorrow I'll be speaking at the Dislocated Performances: Reimagining Latino Hip-Hop in the 21st Century symposium at Duke University o...
Monday, March 08, 2010

Reggaeton & Its "Radical Feminist Queer Sex Positive Potential"

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How did I miss this provocative post from 9/09 at the Post Pomo Nuyorican Homo blog?! Marisol LeBrón offers a short and insightful take o...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

New Muslim Cool: NYU Screening/Discussion

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Yet another angle on Puerto Rican / Latino experiences in hip hop! I was only able to catch part of the documentary when it aired on PBS, so...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Reggaeton's 'Hurban Renewal'

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Here's yet another example of why I'm a fan of ethnomusicologist/blogger/DJ (plus my dear compi and co-editor) Wayne Marshall . Chec...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

El reggaetón ya está en la academia pero [...]

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Me complazco en compartir un artículo reciente sobre nuestro libro Reggaeton . Lo escribió Eduardo Corrales para www.iblnews.com . Corrales ...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Nación reggaetón (Nueva Sociedad no. 223)

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La revista Nueva Sociedad de Argentina (no. 223) acaba de publicar el ensayo " Nación reggaetón " que co-escribí con Frances Negró...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Marisol LeBrón on Reggaeton's Future

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Check Marisol LeBrón 's insightful take on " Reggaeton's Futurity ."
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Ivy Queen vs. Victoria Sanabria

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Finally! A Trovatón episode that I've actually enjoyed and hasn't made me squirm. I usually suffer an acute case of "pena ajena...
Sunday, November 01, 2009

November 12, 2009: Princeton University, NJ

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Roundtable at Princeton University, NJ, featuring scholars and artists Raquel Z. Rivera , Wayne Marshall , Marisol LeBron , Miguel Luciano ,...
Friday, October 09, 2009

Afro-Dominicana: Music from the Other Dominican Republic

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A few months ago I blogged about "Regaeton Roundup" on the AfroPop Worldwide radio show. Well, AfroPop just came out with a grou...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

When Hip-Hop and Reggaeton Collide

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Check out Allison Desir 's piece " When Hip-Hop and Reggaeton Collide " in The Mantle: A Forum for Progressive Critique . The ...
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Friday, September 04, 2009

Parodiando la cultura urbana latina

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Tato Torres just posted this on my FaceBook page: And this is the conversation that followed: Raquel Z. Rivera Annoying, smug and misinform...
Friday, August 07, 2009

Reggaeton as MTV-grade Pop

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Wisín and Yandel's "Abusadora" is nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the best pop video category. The other nominees a...
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Monday, August 03, 2009

How can "she" be dead?

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Hey Raquel, Hope all is well. A friend sent me the new Joell Ortiz song on Hip Hop dying and I thought about you. Creo que lo que dice aplic...
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Reggaeton Roundup on AfroPop Worldwide

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AfroPop Worldwide just made available a streaming version of their recent program on reggaeton history titled Reggaeton Roundup . It will s...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

Is it still reggaeton?

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According to mun2's 18 and over countdown host Guadalupe, "reggaeton" has taken over their show. (At least the episode I was ...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

July 17: Estilo Hip-Hop and Reggaeton at B&N

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JULY 17, 7:00 PM BARNES & NOBLE LINCOLN TRIANGLE (66 STREET AND BROADWAY) NEW YORK, NY Estilo Hip-Hop and Reggaeton double feature: sc...
Monday, July 13, 2009

"Reggaeton" in Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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I found out this weekend from a FaceBook note by Nuyorican poet and educator Mariposa that "reggaeton" was added to the 2009 upd...
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Raquel Z. Rivera
Author, researcher, and singer-songwriter. Visiting Scholar at the University of New Mexico's Sociology Department. Research interests: popular and folk music, Latino and Caribbean studies, reproductive justice. Author of New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) and co-editor of the anthology Reggaeton (Duke University Press, 2009). Research consultant and co-author working with the fierce reproductive justice organization Young Women United. Debut CD as director of the Caribbean neo-roots band Ojos de Sofia titled Las 7 Salves de La Magdalena / 7 Songs of Praise for The Magdalene. Born and raised in Puerto Rico. Lived for many years in NYC. Living in Planet New Mexico. Contact: raquelzrivera@gmail.com. Click here for CV.
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