Seats Available in CRES 188X: Reggaeton for FALL

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Hello Everyone,

This is just a friendly reminder that Fall courses are now open for enrollment and that seats are still available in CRES 188X: Reggaeton which will be taught by Professor Marisol Lebron. This courses promises to be an amazing experience for anyone who is interested in the intersection of music, culture, and ethnic studies. See more information below!

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Course Name: CRES 188X: Reggaeton

Time: TuTh 3:20pm-4:55pm

Location: Soc Sci 2 075

Course Description: From making songs in makeshift studios in public housing to the mainstage at Coachella, reggaeton has gone from a criminalized subculture to one of the most dominant musical genres in the world. Artists like Bad Bunny, Rauw Alejando, and Daddy Yankee are among the most listened to artists on the planet boasting billions of streams despite singing almost exclusively in Spanish. How did we get here? This course traces the history of reggaeton music and culture between Puerto Rico and the United States in order to explore questions of race, gender, sexuality, capitalism and empire. What does it mean for a Black musical genre rooted in spaces of diaspora that have been touched by colonial violence to “crossover” and become pop music? What can we learn about politics and pleasure from queer and femme artists and fans that are challenging the misogyny and cisheteronormativity that have long marked the genre? Can party music be a vital site of resistance? Ultimately, this course will help students understand the complex history and politics embedded in the music we often take for granted as it playsin our earbuds, spills out of widows, and booms from passing cars.

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Domingo David Canizales III (he/they)

MFA Writing and Poetics

CRES Undergraduate Advisor 

Administrator to the Center for Racial Justice

UC Santa Cruz

1156 High Street

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

dcan...@ucsc.edu

I am available via email and scheduled Zoom and in-person appointments during regular business hours, but am also happy to accommodate outside normal hours when necessary.  

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