"The kinetic contributions in "Reggaeton" melt false borders--ones wrapped like straitjackets around peoples, knowledges, and cultures--and move the crowd. More than an exciting, exhaustive treatment of this vital musical culture, this anthology is a fine blueprint for engaged cultural scholarship right now."--Jeff Chang, author of "Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation"

List of Illustrations vii
Foreword: What's all the noise about? / Juan Flores ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Reggaeton's Socio-Sonic Circuitry / Wayne Marshall, Raquel Z. Rivera, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez 1
Part I. Mapping Reggaeton
From Música Negra to Reggaeton Latino: The Cultural Politics of Nation, Migration, and Commercialization / Wayne Marshall 19
Part II. The Panamanian Connection
Placing Panama in the Reggaeton Narrative: Editor's Notes / Wayne Marshall 77
Reggae in Panama: Bien Tough / Christoph Twickel 81
The Panamanian Origins of Reggae in Español: Seeing History through "Los Ojos Café" of Renato / Interview by Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo 89
Muévelo (Move It!): From Panama to New York and Back Again, the Story of El General / Interview by Christoph Twickel 99
Part III. (Trans)Local Studies and Ethnographies
Policing Morality, Mano Dura Stylee: The Case of Underground Rap and Reggae in Puerto Rico in the Mid-1990s / Raquel Z. Rivera 111
Dominicans in the Mix: Reflections on Dominican Identity, Race, and Reggaeton / Deborah Pacini Hernandezq 135
The Politics of Dancing: Reggaetón and Rap in Havana / Geoff Baker 165
You Got Your Reggaetón in my Hip-Hop: Crunkiao and "Spanish Music" in the Miami Urban Scene / Jose Davila 200
Part IV. Visualizing Reggaeton
Visualizing Reggaeton: Editors' Notes / Wayne Marshall and Raquel Z. Rivera 215
Images by Miguel Luciano 218
Images by Carolina Caycedo 221
Images by Kacho López 222
Part V. Gendering Reggaeton
(W)rapped in Foil: Glory at Twelve Words a Minute / Félix Jiménez 229
A Man Lives Here: Reggaeton's Hypermasculine Resident / Alfredo Nieves Moreno 252
How to Make Love with Your Clothes On: Dancing Regeton, Gender, and Sexuality in Cuba / Jan Fairley 280
Part VI. Reggaeton's Poetics, Politics, and Aesthetics
Chamaco's Corner / Gallego (José Raúl González) 297
Salon Philosophers: Ivy Queen and Surprise Guests Take Reggaetón Aside / Alexandra T. Vazquez 300
From Hip-Hop to Reggaeton: Is There Only a Step? / Welmo Romero Joseph 312
Black Pride / Tego Calderón 324
Poetry of Filth: The (Post) Reggaetonic Lyrics of Calle 13 / Frances Negrón-Muntaner 327
Bibliography: Selected Sources for Reading Reggaeton 341
Index 345

Raquel Z. Rivera is a Researcher at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the author of New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone and many articles for magazines and newspapers including Vibe, Urban Latino, El Diario/La Prensa, El Nuevo Día, and Claridad. She blogs at reggaetonica.blogspot.com.

Wayne Marshall is the Florence Levy Kay Fellow in Ethnomusicology at Brandeis University. He blogs at wayneandwax.com, from which a post on reggaeton was selected for the Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006 anthology.

Deborah Pacini Hernandez is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tufts University. The author of Bachata: A Social History of a Dominican Popular Music and a co-editor of Rockin’ Las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America, she has written many articles on Spanish Caribbean and U.S. Latino popular music.