Queering a Caribbean Sonic Archive: The Voices of Rita Indiana y los Misterios and Mula.
This article analyzes the vocal performance of two queer Dominican music groups: Rita Indiana y los Misterios (the merengue alternativo project of the writer and performer Rita Indiana Hernández) and Mula (an alternative and electronic music trio). Focusing on key songs alongside audience interactio...
| Publicado en: | Centro Journal Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 193 - 222 |
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Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos (Center for Puerto Rican Studies)
Summer2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=181537764&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 181537764 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15386279 GWW jtl: Centro Journal issn: 15386279 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Summer2024 vid: 36 iid: 2 pid: 11026 pub: Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos (Center for Puerto Rican Studies) artinfo: ui: 181537764 ppf: 193 ppct: 29 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 4.2MB tig: atl: Queering a Caribbean Sonic Archive: The Voices of Rita Indiana y los Misterios and Mula. aug: au: DÁVILA ELLIS, VERÓNICA affil: Assistant professor of Spanish and Latinx Studies at James Madison University su: Musical performance Popular music Popular music genres Bands (Musical groups) Queer theory Electronic music sug: subj: Musical performance Popular music Popular music genres Bands (Musical groups) Queer theory Electronic music keyword: Caribbean Dominican performance popular music queer sound ab: This article analyzes the vocal performance of two queer Dominican music groups: Rita Indiana y los Misterios (the merengue alternativo project of the writer and performer Rita Indiana Hernández) and Mula (an alternative and electronic music trio). Focusing on key songs alongside audience interaction during live performances, I showcase how their innovative musical work is embedded in a practice of bringing queer music and queered sounds "out of the closet." I argue that their vocal productions draw out the queered roots of nationalized and mainstreamed music genres such as merengue, bachata, reggaetón, and salsa, sketching a rubric of trans-Caribbean sonic network of lesbian desire. Finally, I claim that their LGBTQ+ audiences engage in forms of listening that enact transgressive understandings about music performances in Dominican and Puerto Rican cultural histories. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Centro Journal is the property of Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos (Center for Puerto Rican Studies) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Centro Journal holder: Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos (Center for Puerto Rican Studies) dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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