Deborah Pacini Hernandez is Associate Professor, Anthropology and American Studies, Tufts University. She is the author of Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music (Temple), and the co-editor of Reggaeton and Rockin' Las Américas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America.
Preface
1. Introduction: Hybridity, Identity, and Latino Popular Music
2. Historical Perspectives on Latinos and the Latin Music Industry
3. To Rock or Not to Rock: Cultural Nationalism and Latino Engagement with
Rock ’n’ Roll
4. Turning the Tables: Musical Mixings, Border Crossings, and New Sonic
Circuitries
5. New Immigrants, New Layerings: Tradition and Transnationalism in U.S.
Dominican Popular Music
6. From Cumbia Colombiana to Cumbia Cosmopolatina: Roots, Routes, Race, and
Mestizaje
7. Marketing Latinidad in a Global Era
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
