Unbelonging : Inauthentic Sounds in Mexican and Latinx Aesthetics / Iván A. Ramos.
Ramos, Iván A., author.
2023
ML3475 .R35 2023
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Title Unbelonging : Inauthentic Sounds in Mexican and Latinx Aesthetics / Iván A. Ramos.
Author Ramos, Iván A., author.
ISBN 9781479808472
DOI https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479808472.001.0001
Published New York, NY : New York University Press, [2023]
Copyright ©2023
Language English
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Description 1 online resource : 39 b/w illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.18574/nyu/9781479808472.001.0001 doi
Call Number ML3475 .R35 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 781.17
Summary How Latinx artists engage in sonic subcultures to reject neoliberal definitions of belongingWhat is the connection between the British rock star Morrissey and the Latinx culture of transnational "unbelonging"? What is the relevance of "dyke chords" in Chicana feminist punk and lesbian dissolution? In what ways can dissonant sounds challenge systems of dominance?Unbelonging answers these questions and more through an exploration into Mexican and US-based Latinx artists', writers', and creators' use of the discordant sounds of punk, metal, and rock to give voice to the aesthetic of "unbelonging," a rejection of consumerist and nationalist mentalities. Iván A. Ramos argues that racial identity and belonging have historically required legible forms of performance. Sound has been the primary medium that amplifies and is used to assign cultural citizenship and, for Latinx individuals, legibility is essential to music perceived as traditional and authentic to their national origins. In the context of twentieth-century neoliberal policies, which cemented the concept of "citizen" within logics of consumerism and capitalism, Ramos turns to focus on Latinx artists, writers, and audiences, who produce experimental and often "inauthentic" performances and installations in sonic subcultures to reject new definitions of economic citizenship.Organized around studies of a number of artists, all whom are explored through the methodological frameworks of sound studies, performance studies, and queer theory, Unbelonging unearths how their very different genres of music share a unifying theme of dissonance. With the backdrop of neoliberalism's attempt to define citizenship in relation to economic and cultural legibility, Unbelonging offers an urgent analysis of how these oft-overlooked queer and feminist performers and fans used sonic illegibility to challenge gender norms, official definitions of citizenship, and narratives of assimilation. Ultimately, these forms of inauthenticity move beyond negation and become ways to imagine alternative realities.
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Series Postmillennial Pop ; 28
In EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2023
EBOOK PACKAGE Arts, Architecture and Design 2023 English
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction: Unbelonging Subjects and Inauthentic Objects in the Time of Neoliberalism
1 Melting Modernities: Sound, Ice, and the Refusal of History
2 Aimless Lives: Punkeras, Metaleras, and the Sounds of Negation
3 Dyke Chords: Chicana Punks and Lesbian Dissolution in the Performance of Las Cucas
4 Truly Disappointed: Morrissey, Latina/os, and the Joys of Shared Melancholia
Coda: How Soon Was Now?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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