Listening to Afro-Latinidad: The Sonic Archive of Olú Clemente

  • Patricia Herrera
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Part of the Afro-Latin@ Diasporas book series (ALD)

Abstract

Herrera’s chapter provides a close reading of the “sonic archive” of the musical Olú Clemente: The Philosopher of Baseball by renowned Nuyorican poets Miguel Algarín and Tato Laviera. She argues that reading the “sonic archive”—that is, the sound recording of the one-time performance in Central Park—as opposed to merely the playbook offers us new ways of understanding how Afro-Latinidad is represented and performed in the play.

Keywords

York City Audio Recording Sound Recording Spiritual Possession Rican Study 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Patricia Herrera
    • 1
  1. 1.University of RichmondRichmondUSA

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