Background
Aparicio, Frances Rivera was born on December 11, 1955 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Jorge A. and Vicky (Sierra) Rivera.
(For Anglos, the pulsing beats of salsa, merengue, and bol...)
For Anglos, the pulsing beats of salsa, merengue, and bolero are a compelling expression of Latino/a culture, but few outsiders comprehend the music's implications in larger social terms. Frances R. Aparicio places this music in context by combining the approaches of musicology and sociology with literary, cultural, Latino, and women's studies. She offers a detailed genealogy of Afro-Caribbean music in Puerto Rico, comparing it to selected Puerto Rican literary texts, then looks both at how Latinos/as in the US have used salsa to reaffirm their cultural identities and how Anglos have eroticized and depoliticized it in their adaptations. Aparicio's detailed examination of lyrics shows how these songs articulate issues of gender, desire, and conflict, and her interviews with Latinas/os reveal how they listen to salsa and the meanings they find in it. What results is a comprehensive view "that deploys both musical and literary texts as equally significant cultural voices in exploring larger questions about the power of discourse, gender relations, intercultural desire, race, ethnicity, and class."
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Aparicio, Frances Rivera was born on December 11, 1955 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Jorge A. and Vicky (Sierra) Rivera.
Bachelor, Indiana University, 1978. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1983.
Lecturer, director Spanish for bilinguals Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1983-1985. Assistant professor, director Spanish for bilinguals University Arizona, Tucson, 1985-1990. Associate professor Romance languages University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1990—2000, acting co-director Latina-Latino studies, 1991-1992, director, 1995-1997.
Director Latin American and Latino studies program University Illinois, Chicago, 2000—2005, professor, since 2005.
(For Anglos, the pulsing beats of salsa, merengue, and bol...)
Teacher Illinois Migrant Council, Aurora, 1989. Member Modern Language Association (chairman committee on ethnic literature 1989-1990), American Studies Association, Latin America Studies Association.
Married H. Sunny Aparicio, December 11, 1979 (deceased January 1985). 1 child, Gabriela E. Married Julio Cesar Guerrero, September 26, 1990.
1 child, Camila M.; married John Santiago, December 23, 2004.