Dancing back to front: regeton, sexuality, gender and transnationalism in Cuba

Popular Music ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Fairley
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Special Period ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Musical Style ◽  
Latino Identity ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One

In this Middle Eight using ethnographic observation and interviews made in Cuba in May–July 2005 and March–April 2006 I problematise the new Latina/o dance music ‘reggaetón’ which in the USA is being heralded as ‘‘an expression of pan-Latino identity … the latest Latin musical style to sweep the world … the one with the most promise of finding a permanent, prominent place not just in US but in global popular culture …” (Marshall, 2006). Notably along with hip-hop with which it is now related in Cuban cultural politics, this is the first pan-Latin style of non-Cuban origin to have a strong presence in post-‘Special period’ 1990s revolutionary Cuba. I focus on the significance and possible history of the dance moves and the lyrics of two key songs, discussing possible political double meanings and implications within a Cuban context. While focusing particularly on issues of regeton in Cuba, I place regeton in Cuba in the larger context of reggaetón history in the Latin world and of Latin dance history and discuss it within the constant construction of an appropriate Cuban national identity. I pose open questions about gender, sexuality and generational attitudes. The overall theoretical context falls within the context of Järviluoma et al's work on ‘gender as cultural construction’ (2003). It builds on work on gender and dance which forms a small part of Fairley (2004).

scholarly journals FDB’s centrallagre som kulturarv.

Kulturstudier ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Tapdrup Mortensen
Keyword(s):  
Retail Trade ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Self Service ◽  
The One ◽  
Storage Distribution ◽  
The 19Th Century

<p>I disse år tales meget om velfærdssamfundets eller efterkrigstidens kulturarv. Hvordan skal vi forholde os til de mange bygninger i nye materialer, der samtidigt er udtryk for nye måder at indrette samfundet på? Denne artikel bygger på en undersøgelse af FDB’s centrallagre, der i mere end 50 år har været produktions- og lagringssted for detailhandlens vareflow.</p><p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>Since the first member-owned co-operative shops emerged in Denmark in the second half of the 19th century, and organised themselves as the FDB in 1896, the latter’s prime objective has been to provide its members with a wide range of products at the most favourable prices. This has required continuous innovation and change, not least in the second half of the 20th century, as competition in the retailing market intensified. In the mid-1950s, the management of FDB implemented a comprehensive rationalisation of production, transport, storage, distribution and sales, as well as the overall structure connecting these aspects of its enterprise. Drawing on inspiration from the USA, within a decade this process radically transformed both the FDB itself and Danish retail trade in its entirety.</em></p><p><em>In a broader perspective, this rationalisation process and its consequences  is a part of the history of the Danish welfare society, since it concerns the emergence of the modern consumer, as well as technical, economic and administrative innovation of the retail trade. The local co-operative shop with the manager behind the desk and the goods sold loose was replaced by modern self-service shops with standardised equipment, and numerous multi-storey warehouses distributed in the old city centres were in the early 1960s substituted by seven, strategically located central warehouses serviced by fork-lift trucks. The one located in Albertslund functioned from 1964 onwards as the organization’s headquarters.. In 2007 Kulturarvsstyrelsen (The Heritage Agency of Denmark) proclaimed this warehouse in Alberslund, today the headquarters of the Coop, to be one of 25 national sites of industrial heritage.</em></p>

scholarly journals A History of Emerging Modes?

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-103
Author(s):  
Michael Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Joint Attention ◽  
The Other ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Collective Intentionality ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Action And Perception ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One

AbstractIn this paper I first introduce Tomasello’s notion of thought and his account of its emergence and development through differentiation, arguing that it calls into question the theory bias of the philosophical tradition on thought as well as its frequent atomism. I then raise some worries that he may be overextending the concept of thought, arguing that we should recognize an area of intentionality intermediate between action and perception on the one hand and thought on the other. After that I argue that the co-operative nature of humans is reflected in the very structure of their intentionality and thought: in co-operative modes such as the mode of joint attention and action and the we-mode, they experience and represent others as co-subjects of joint relations to situations in the world rather than as mere objects. In conclusion, I briefly comment on what Tomasello refers to as one of two big open questions in the theory of collective intentionality, namely that of the irreducibility of jointness.

Women's Rights and Society's Needs: Japan's 1931 Suffrage Bill

1986 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 690-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon H. Nolte
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
The State ◽  
Women's Suffrage ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
History Of ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The One ◽  
Gender System ◽  
Women’S Suffrage

The history of women is different from that of men. Women's history is the highlighting of the cultural construction of gender, the ways in which “men” and “women” are defined in considerable autonomy from biological males and females. The culturally constructed gender system interacts with a society's political system in ways that are just beginning to be explored.1 At the same time, scholars also find their definitions of national states to be in flux. Criticizing both Weberian and Marxist traditions of analysis of the state, Charles Bright and Susan Harding have stressed the open-ended, continuous, and contingent interplay between state structures and initiatives on the one hand, and social movements on the other.2 It is an auspicious time to reconsider the relationships between women and the state in cross-cultural perspective. Here I will examine the women's suffrage movement in Japan (1919–31 ) in its political context in order to encourage comparison with other women's suffrage movements, and to re-examine the interwar Japanese state from the viewpoint of one of its least-studied challengers.

scholarly journals UNITED STATES POSITION TOWARDS IRAN AFTER THE NUCLEAR DEAL (2015-2019)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 210-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Alarqan
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Nuclear Program ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Us ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Economic Motives

Purpose of the study: This study examines the history of US-Iranian relations after the nuclear deal 2015 and it seeks to achieve some objectives. Methodology: The study uses a combination of the historical approach and the international order approach of the one hand, and the decision-making approach and the national interest approach on the other. Main Findings: The USA tried to dissuade Iran from pursuing its nuclear program. This was not for interests or economic motives of the USA; rather it was for satisfying Israel and maintaining its security, stability, and existence. It should be noted that the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5 + 1 was ratified by the UN Security Council, where the USA under Trump proved that it does not preserve or respect deals or conventions. Applications of this study: This research can be used for academic purposes for universities, lecturers of political science, researchers and undergraduate and postgraduate students. Also, it can be used for policy purposes for the decision-makers and politicians. Novelty/Originality of this study: The phenomenon that existed in nuclear deal 2015 and referring from various previous research results, the study regarding the US-Iranian relationship after the nuclear deal 2015 was conducted and presented comprehensively and completely. It is necessary to take into account this topic that can explore the US-Iranian relationship and determine the extent to which topic can contribute to political science researches.

scholarly journals When Woman Teams Up with Monster

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 60-86
Author(s):  
Laura Antón Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Female Empowerment ◽  
Special Importance ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Narrative Strategy ◽  
Rhetorical Device ◽  
Cultural Reconstruction ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

How has the relationship between women and monsters influenced the cultural construction of femininity? In contemporary Hollywood audiovisuals, where selfawareness of the story takes on a special importance, particular emphasis is given to the examination of the way in which one of the most memorable horror movie scenes is presented: the one in which the woman meets the monster. The classic scream of horror has been replaced by a thrilling empathic relationship, plausible thanks to its imaginary link with the idea of otherness. This rapprochement, marked by language, has developed in tandem with a process of the humanization of the monster and its influence on the archetype of the hero, which has attracted greater attention inthe construction of the history of cinema. The main question posed by this narrative strategy, in which female empowerment derives from an alliance with the monster, is how this updated scene has contributed to the cultural reconstruction of the female identity. We aim to assess the influence of this metafictional discourse, triggered by the rhetorical device of parody, on shaping a true image of women.

scholarly journals Political Mission of University: A Retrospective View

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 153-160
Author(s):  
S. G. Lukovenkov
Keyword(s):  
Special Kind ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Retrospective View ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Colonial Colleges ◽  
The One ◽  
Social Sorting

Academic3 space in its different manifestations has been taking an honorable position in social structure from the earliest stages of the history of human civilization by systematizing multitude experiences of both external and internal world of humankind. At the same time, educational landscape was formulating the different ways of how to theorize about and interact with the world. Simultaneously, there was always combating with the alternative systems and, what is more, this struggle wasn’t necessarily intellectual or polemical. Little has changed in how society perceives academy and its functions in the era of accomplished digital revolution, including its role as an instrument of surveillance and social sorting – these two important elements of power. In this article, an attempt is taken to comprehend University – and speaking broadly academic space as such – as a special kind of social and political field used to perform surveillance and social control. On the example of colonial colleges in the USA, this article examines how University may serve as a surveillance mechanism on the one hand and as a mean of cultural transformation on the other hand, and what conclusions can be made regarding the present and the future of University in the digital era.

Black beats with a Punjabi twist

Popular Music ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-257
Author(s):  
Anjali Gera Roy
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
The West ◽  
Cultural Space ◽  
Musical Genre ◽  
History Of ◽  
Asian Youth ◽  
Folk Tradition ◽  
Asian Music

AbstractThe bonding between black and brown immigrants in Britain has resulted in the emergence of a new musical genre called Bhangra, which hybridises Punjabi dhol rhythms with those of reggae, rap and hip hop. Bhangra's appropriation of Black sounds that are considered ‘Kool’ in the West has not only given Asian youth a new, distinctive voice in the form of ‘Asian dance music’ but has also led to the reinvention of Punjabi folk tradition in consonance with the lived realities of multicultural Britain. This essay examines various aspects of sonic hybridisation in ‘the diaspora space’ by British Asian music producers through tracing the history of Bhangra's ‘douglarisation’, beginning in the 1990s with Apache Indian's experiments with reggae. It covers all forms of mixings that came in between, including active collaborations, rappings, remixings, samplings and so on that made Punjabi and Jamaican patois dialogue in the global popular cultural space. The essay explores the possibilities of a ‘douglas poetics’ for Bhangra by juxtaposing the celebration of sonic douglarisation in postmodern narratives of migrancy and hybridity against the stigmatisation of biological douglarisation in miscegenation theories and ancient Indian pollution taboos.

Music and Revolution in the Long 1960s

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-471
Author(s):  
ODED HEILBRONNER
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Rock Music ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Musical Style ◽  
Protest Music ◽  
History Of ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

When discussing the relationship between popular music and social-political change in the long 1960s, historians and critics have tended to fluctuate between two opposing poles. On the one hand, there is Arthur Marwick's approach, echoed in Jon Savage's recent book 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded. In Marwick's cross-national survey, he examines social change in the West during the ‘Long Sixties’ (1958–72), when a ‘cultural revolution’ occurred in which protest music played a major role. On the other hand, there are Peter Doggett's and Dominic Sandbrook's observations that the top-selling albums of the 1960s and 1970s did not include some masterpiece by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Queen, or other leading figures in rock music, but rather the soundtrack of The Sound of Music. Sandbrook writes that it ‘projected a familiar, even conservative vision of the world, based on romantic love and family life. In a period of change it offered a sense of reassurance and stability, not only in its plot but also in its musical style . . . [T]hese were the values of millions . . . in the Swinging Sixties’. Doggett similarly points to the popularity of Julie Andrews and the soundtracks of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. These soundtracks ‘made no attempt to alter the culture or educate the listener’ he suggests, and that is why they have been relegated ‘to a footnote in the history of popular music’ even while being the top-selling records of 1965 and 1966.

scholarly journals Identitas Lokal Masyarakat Etnik Panaragan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Yusuf Adam Hilman ◽  
Ekapti Wahjuni Dwijayanti ◽  
Khoirurrosyidin Khoirrurosyidin
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Public Perception ◽  
Cultural Construction ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Local Identity ◽  
Performance Patterns ◽  
History Of ◽  
Art Performance ◽  
Cultural Performances ◽  
The One

People of Ponorogo is believed to have mystical or supernatural abilities. Public perception understands the character of Ponorogonese as Warok who tends to speak assertive, open, and rude. Warok is the one of antagonist theatrical drama player of Reyog. Negative stigma arises based on the lack of public understanding of the history of Paragan culture. Panaragan's identity actually has noble cultural values. This paper aims to identify Panaragan ethnic identity, in greater depth based on its distribution of settlement, art performance, patterns of interaction, language, and the practice of visualizing identity and characteristics in public spaces. The descriptive qualitative method was applied through data collection from the results of literature studies and observations. Data analysis through triangulation techniques was sourced from literature review of journals, books, and documentation obtained in the field. Panaragan ethnic local identity is influenced by, 1) Reyog performance art that popularized the figure of Warok as a powerful and influential person. In Javanese society, the term Warok is identical to Wewarah, which is understood as someone who is able to teach others about a good life. In the understanding of Islam, wara’ is a social status for those who take the Sufi path. Unfortunately, during the era of colonialism, the figure of Warok was constructed into an image that was used to frightening people and maintain the ruler authority; 2) The Panaragan dialect 'Warokan' is spoken in a straightforward and assertive manner with high intonation which is the influence of art performance Reyog's diction and language style. On the other hand, cultural construction through visual arts symbols and Panaragan cultural performances represent the character of the Ponorogo indigenous people who are persistent, independent, brave, and adventurous.

Exploring the Drugs-Crime Connection within the Electronic Dance Music and Hip-Hop Nightclub Scenes

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammy L. Anderson ◽  
Philip R. Kavanaugh ◽  
Ronet Bachman ◽  
Lana D. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Hip Hop ◽  
Dance Music ◽  
Electronic Dance Music
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