{"product_id":"troubling-gender-pablo-vila-9781439902660","title":"Troubling Gender: Youth and Cumbia in Argentina's Music Scene","description":"\u003cp\u003eCumbia 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 having 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTroubling Gender\u003c\/i\u003e, noted sociologists Pablo Vila and Pablo Semán scrutinize the music's lyrics and the singers' and dancers' performances. At the same time, the authors conduct in-depth interviews to examine the ways males construct and appropriate cumbia's lyrics, and how females identify, appropriate, and playfully and critically manipulate the same misogynistic songs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddressing the relationship between this form of music and the wider social, political, and economic changes that influence the lives of urban youth, \u003ci\u003eTroubling Gender\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the music both reflects and influences the ways in which women's and men's roles are changing in Argentine society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pablo Vila\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439902666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439902660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2012","brand":"Pablo Vila","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065584791807,"sku":"9781439902660","price":91.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a4c1f20-d778-4de3-b4f4-8a8b52897926.jpg?v=1768675942","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/troubling-gender-pablo-vila-9781439902660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}