Session Details

Sunday, 09 January

740. From the New Song and Rock en Español to Spanish and Iberian Pop

10:15–11:30 a.m., Platinum Salon H, J. W. Marriott

Program arranged by the Division on Popular Culture

Presiding: Silvia Bermúdez, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

1. “Rock ’n’ Road Songs: Traveling New Routes in Spanish Rock Music,” Jorge P. Pérez, Univ. of Kansas

2. “Border Music in a Borderless World: Mapping the Sounds of NAFTA between Mexico and the United States,” William John Nichols, Georgia State Univ.

3. “Raperos, Boleros, and Salseros: Reconsidering the Authentic in Cuban Popular Music since the Revolution,” Russell St Clair Cobb, Univ. of Alberta

Respondent: Frances R. Aparicio, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

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