Mass Media and Popular Culture

Darien V Lamen, University of Wiscosin/Madison

Crafting Sound: Ethnographic Reflections on “Culture Work” in Belém, Brazil’s Informal Sound System Economy - Darien V Lamen, University of Wiscosin/Madison

Salsa Dancing with ‘Chinese Characteristics’: In Search of Cosmopolitan Identity Markers - Ketty A Wong, University of Kansas

Sin negro no hay guaguancó: Urban Identities and Salsa Consumption in Cali, 1975-1986 - Natalia Triana Angel, Binghamton University

Swiping kicks across the Atlantic: Afro-Brazilian capoeira and Angolan combat games - Matthias Röhrig Assunção, University of Essex

Un Pájaro Progresivo: Pop Music, Propaganda, and the Struggle for Modernity in Argentina - Timothy D Wilson, University of Alaska/Fairbanks