Rockin' Las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America

Every nation in the Americas-from indigenous Peru to revolutionary Cuba-has been touched by the cultural and musical impact of rock. Rockin' Las Américas is the first book to explore the production, dissemination, and consumption of rock music throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, Brazil, the Andes, and the Southern Cone as well as among Latinos in the United States.

The contributors include experts in music, history, literature, culture, sociology, and anthropology, as well as practicing rockeros and rockeras. The multidisciplinary, transnational, and comparative perspectives they bring to the topic serve to address a broad range of fundamental questions about rock in Latin and Latino America, including: Why did rock become such a controversial cultural force in the region? In what ways has rock served as a medium for expressing national identities? How are unique questions of race, class, and gender inscribed in Latin American rock? What makes Latin American rock Latin American? Rockin' Las Américas is an essential book for anyone who hopes to understand the complexities of Latin American culture today.

Author: Deborah Pacini Hernandez
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 05/23/2004
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.34w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780822958413

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2004 pg. 493
Multicultural Review 12/01/2004 pg. 64