For my final project I hope to shed some light on the connection between the feminist movement happening in Mexico and the effect (positive and negative) that a very popular form of music has on this movement. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico during the 90’s as part of an upbeat dance hall sort of music and has since risen in popularity recently in the mainstream pop media. We see popular Latin American artists such as J Balvin, Maluma etc being played on mainstream radio. However, these songs and how they are song are often very sexual in nature and in particular a lot of the time overly sexualize the female body. What I am interested in uncovering is if this effect in terms of liberating women and then wanting to speak out against this, or to do with the feminist movement have they had enough and despise this music. I realize the particular group I look into as well is sure to dictate what comes from this but more or less this is what I’m trying to look into.

Why I am including Interviews with Mexican Women: We Don’t Talk about Feminism here:

I am including this in order to give my project some background on varying geographical and political standpoints in women’s opinions and thoughts about the movement back in the 60’s and 70’s. With this I hope to provide to give the project some context in order to set the landscape for how reggaeton would have been received by these different groups of women as it rose in popularity, not only in Latin America but the world.  Intersectionality is a section that I am interested in diving into in order to differentiate the various womens circumstances as with projects like these it is important to not generalize a whole group of people into one category therefore this book is helpful in terms of exploring the experience of different groups of women in Mexico’s Feminist Movement.

Works Cited:

Coria-Sanchez, Carlos M. 2019. Interviews with Mexican Women: We Don’t Talk about Feminism here. 1st ed. Milton: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429505454.