<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Macdonald, Brin</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Last Colony- Music and Modern Identity in Puerto Rico</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Anthropology</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gross, Dr. Joan</style></tertiary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">american influence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Commonwealth</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">culture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">music</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Puerto Rican influence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Puerto Rico</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11/2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oregon State University</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Corvallis</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bachelors of Arts in International Studies in Cultural Anthropology</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">76</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Puerto Rico has long been an indistinct part of the United States. Few Americans know where the commonwealth is located, let alone that Puerto Ricans have been United States citizens for nearly a century. The culture today still suffers from this intermediate political status. What is known about Puerto Rican society is often assembled from stereotypes or outdated and inaccurate media representation. As with any culture, the new generation is not the same as their predecessors; Puerto Ricans are more than the painted faces in West Side Story, more than the salsa music that once took over the world, and more than the few Puerto Rican singers the media has turned into pop sensations. Today’s Puerto Rico is the result of a complex intermingling of cultures due to a history of miscegenation coupled with United States hegemony. As it refers to the US and westernized culture, America is more a part of the identity of the 18-30 year old generation than ever before. True to their musical legacy, Puerto Rico has created another novel sensation with the Puerto Rican sound called reggaetón. It is through examining what reggaetón has to &quot;say&quot; amidst the background of history and the long musical tradition in Puerto Rico that a more forward-looking perception of Puerto Rican identity in contemporary times emerges. Cultural awareness breeds respect and empathy, leading to positive relationships between communities. This awareness can be exercised by considering an overlooked facet of our own American culture: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Undergraduate</style></work-type></record></records></xml>