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SUMMARY:“Deafening Salsa: Disability, Sovereignty, and Cultural Production in Pu
erto Rico”
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Laura J. Torres-Rodríguez\n\nThis presentation
develops a typology of popular\, artistic\, and critical representations
of disability in Puerto Rican history to contextualize an analysis of C
ortijo y su Combo’s well-known song “Perico.” Motivated by Torres-Rodrig
uez's personal experience listening to the song in the 1980s\, she analy
zes “Perico” as a form of popular memory that examines how colonial infr
astructures have shaped conceptions of racialized disability. By centeri
ng on reinterpretations of the song that emphasize sensory and perceptua
l differences\, the analysis positions the Puerto Rican cultural debate
about the song as a challenge to dominant frameworks linking ableism\, a
nti-Blackness\, and sovereignty in the Puerto Rican context.\n\nFor more
details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/deafening-salsa/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Presented by L
aura J. Torres-Rodríguez
This presentation develops a typology of
popular, artistic, and critical representations of disability in Puerto
Rican history to contextualize an analysis of Cortijo y su Combo’s well
-known song “Perico.” Motivated by Torres-Rodriguez's personal experienc
e listening to the song in the 1980s, she analyzes “Perico” as a form of
popular memory that examines how colonial infrastructures have shaped c
onceptions of racialized disability. By centering on reinterpretations o
f the song that emphasize sensory and perceptual differences, the analys
is positions the Puerto Rican cultural debate about the song as a challe
nge to dominant frameworks linking ableism, anti-Blackness, and sovereig
nty in the Puerto Rican context.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/ev
ent/deafening-salsa/
LOCATION:102 Weaver Building
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