Made in Puerto Rico

<p><i>Made in Puerto Rico: Studies in Popular Music</i> serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history culture and musicology of 20th and 21st century popular music in Puerto Rico. The essays in this volume written by both local experts and leading scholars contextualize under-researched areas of Puerto Rican popular music-making in relation to ideologies aesthetics and symbolism and propose new ways of thinking about Puerto Rican musical cultures.</p><p>A groundbreaking introduction to Puerto Rican musical culture the volume covers the major figures styles and social contexts of popular music in Puerto Rico while also going beyond conventional narratives. Rather than simply providing histories of key genres these insightful essays focus on the ways in which Puerto Rican musicians reimagine their distinctive musical language as it transmutes from local practices into global expressions.</p><p>Offering both a survey of Puerto Rican popular music and pathways into deeper critical inquiry <i>Made in Puerto Rico </i>is an essential resource for scholars and students of music and of Puerto Rican Caribbean Latin American and African Diaspora Studies.</p>