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Remixing Reggaetón: The Cultural Politics of Race in Puerto Rico
Duke University Press
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978-0-8223-7525-8
Publication date:
2015
This chapter explores the music, writings, and performance of reggaetón artist Tego Calderón, who is often credited with making reggaetón mainstream in Puerto Rico. Calderón is known for his politicized lyrics and his embrace of an Afro–Puerto Rican identity and aesthetic. The chapter shows how Calderón’s reputation as an artist who incorporates Afro–Puerto Rican folklore into his performance has made him a uniquely Puerto Rican artist in the eyes of even reggaetón’s staunchest detractors. At the same time, Calderón revises these same elements of Afro–Puerto Rican culture to articulate a serious critique of the disparagement of blackness that is part...
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