- event type:WOMEX 26 Conference Session
- date:21 Oct 2026 - 25 Oct 2026
- time:12:00 - 12:00
- city/area:Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- venue:tba
- country:Spain
- event posted by:Piranha Arts
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Chaired by
Nathaly Gómez (Colombia/Mexico), Perreo & Resistance;
with
Andrea Ocampo (Chile), Perreo & Resistance
Reggaeton, through lyrics, dance, aesthetics and market logics, can reproduce patriarchal hierarchies, but it can also enable women and gender/sexual dissidences to reclaim and politicize sexuality. We read reggaeton as a technology of gender (De Lauretis; Viera Alcázar): it does not merely reflect gender, but produces meanings of femininity, masculinity and dissident positions amid tensions between bodies, morality, markets and politics. Drawing on Puerto Rico, Colombia and Chile, the session links critical analysis with industry realities, including scenes, media, artists and platforms where sexuality becomes both an aesthetic resource and a commodity. We ask how women and dissidences reshape reggaeton from within, sharing ways to avoid simplistic judgments while rethinking pleasure, violence, memory and rights.