Rosalía, The Aesthetics of Latinness, + The Global Ear

1 credits · Undergraduate

This seminar foregrounds Rosalía Vila Tobella—the mononymous global phenomenon known as Rosalía—to examine Global South sounds and 'Latin' aesthetics through her Catalan pop. Critiqued for appropriating flamenco and Afro-Latin genres like reggaeton, Rosalía's award-winning fusions reveal 'Latinness' as a construct shaped by race, geography, and affect in global pop. The course asks: How are Latinness and LatinXness produced, performed, and circulated? What cultural work does Rosalía's music do as it renders Spanishness and 'Latin' pop newly audible worldwide?