Reseña de Tengo el cuerpo muy mal / pero una gran vida social. Representaciones, pop, música y mercado, de Rodrigo Bazán Bonfil y José Hernández Riwes-Cruz (2025)

Pablo Alejandro Suárez Marrero

doi:10.33064/11ais8575

Authors

Pablo Alejandro Suárez Marrero Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0060-5224

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/11ais8575

Keywords:

corporeality, popular music, pop culture

Abstract

In this text, I critically examine the book Tengo el cuerpo muy mal / pero una gran vida social (Bazán & Hernández, 2025), which brings together studies on the intersections between popular music, the body, and the market in Latin America. From an interdisciplinary perspective, the volume proposes understanding corporeality as a surface of symbolic and economic inscription, exploring cases ranging from 1980s pop and television culture to digital platforms and Latin American music-humor. In this review, I highlight the book's relevance to current cultural and musicological studies, while also pointing to the need to delve deeper into methodologies for analyzing the body from decolonial and affective perspectives. Overall, the text celebrates a significant contribution to Latin American discussions on representation, performativity, and musical production.

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Author Biography

Pablo Alejandro Suárez Marrero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Pablo Alejandro Suárez Marrero: Performer, Professor, and Researcher (Mexico - Cuba). PhD and Master of Arts (University of Guanajuato), Bachelor of Arts in Cultural Heritage (University of Havana), and Flute and Ensemble Performance Professor (National School of Music). Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Music - UNAM; an Instructor at the Esteban Salas Music Heritage Center - University of Havana; and a Level I National Researcher at the Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation in Mexico. His academic interests encompass popular and decolonial musicology, music heritage education, and the representation of masculinities in musical performances.

References

Bazán, R., & Hernández, J. (coords.) (2025). Tengo el cuerpo muy mal / pero una gran vida social. Representaciones, pop, música y mercado. Ciudad de México: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Azcapotzalco.