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    "A mix of everything" : alternative music and alternative Latinidad in the United States

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    2016-12
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    Ramirez, Jeannelle, M. of Music
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    This study focuses on “Latin Alternative” music in the United States, specifically in New York City, from 2000-2016. An indefinable genre, Latin Alternative challenges existing parameters of Latin music and Latinidad. Reviewing demographic data, performance videos, websites, periodicals, blogs, and notes from concerts and conference events, I construct a picture of the unique qualities of this scene. The data show that musicians, audiences, and other sociomusical agents1 in the scene are invested in “mixing” sounds, as if axiomatically symbolic of their identities. The scene rests on discourses of pan-Latinidad, alternativism, solidarity with other Latinxs and the active inclusion of marginalized groups like Afro-Latinxs and LGBTQ Latinxs. In this context, “Latin music” may be punk, hip-hop, electronica, or any combination of sounds. Building on the work of scholars in ethnomusicology and Latinx studies, I consider several existing theories and their utility. I argue that this scene challenges established ideas about transnational ways of being, calling into question the notion of diaspora and relevance of national origins. The agents in the scene express allegiance to alternativism, futurism, and utopian possibility, pan-Latinidad, and work toward a more inclusive imagined community of Latinxs. Thus, Latin Alternative music calls for new paradigms and modes of analysis.
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    Music
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    Latin alternative
    Latin music
    Latino music
    Latinx
    Latinx music
    Latin alternative music
    Latinidad
    Latinos
    Latin American music
    Latino ethnomusicology
    US Latino music
    Latin rock
    Latino rock
    Latin American rock
    Latino electronic music
    Latin american electronic music
    Latino alternative
    Latino expressive cultures
    21st century Latin music
    21st century Latino music
    Popular latino music
    New York Latino music
    Nuyorican music
    New York latinidad
    New York City latino music
    New York City latin music
    New York latinx music
    Pan-Latino music
    Pan-latinidad
    Inter-Latino music
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    http://hdl.handle.net/2152/46621
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