For over ten years, Race and Ethnicity in Latin America has been an essential text for
students studying the region. This second edition adds new material and brings the analysis …

Sound Tracks is the first comprehensive book on the new geography of popular music,
examining the complex links between places, music and cultural identities. It provides an …

In Oxford Street, Accra, Ato Quayson analyzes the dynamics of Ghana's capital city through a
focus on Oxford Street, part of Accra's most vibrant and globalized commercial district and a …

Why did New York's principal Spanish-language newspaper El Diario,“El Campeón de los
Hispanos”(the Champion of Hispanics), wait until platinum-selling Bronx Puerto Rican rap …

Music and Revolution provides a dynamic introduction to the most prominent artists and
musical styles that have emerged in Cuba since 1959 and to the policies that have shaped …

This book is a synchronic study of the urban Jamaican Creole (JC) spoken in a
neighborhood of Kingston, the capital city. Working in the sociolinguistic paradigm of …

How are national identities constructed and articulated through music? Popular music has
long been associated with political dissent, and the nation state has consistently …

This innovative collection of essays explores the ways in which islands have been used,
imagined and theorised, both by island dwellers and continentals. This study considers how …

An accessible introduction to the study of popular music, this book takes a schematic
approach to a range of popular music genres, and examines them in terms of their …

Recoge los resultados de la investigación llevada a cabo durante el año 2005 bajo el título"
Espai públic i noves formes de sociabilitat. Joves d'origen llatinoamericà a Barcelona". La …