Troubling Gender: Youth and Cumbia in Argentina's Music Scene

by Pablo Vila, Eloisa Martin, Pablo Semán

Book Overview

Cumbia villera--literally, cumbia from the shantytowns--is a musical genre quite popular with Argentine youth who frequent urban dance halls. Its songs are known for their highly sexualized lyrics--about girls dancing provocatively or experiencing erotic pleasure. The songs exhibit the tensions at play in the different ways people relate to this musical genre. In Troubling Gender , noted sociologists Pablo Vila and Pablo Semán scrutinize the music's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439902674
• ISBN13: 9781439902677
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"