Academic scholarship

My book, Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba, is on sale at https://amzn.com/1628462396

Some reviews of my book:

• Raul Fernandez in Ethnomusicology: Geographies of Cubanidad, Ethnomusicology
• Jorge Duany in Cuban Studies: Review Geographies of Cubanidad, Cuban Studies
• Kristina Wirtz in Journal of Folklore Research  http://www.indiana.edu/~jfr/review.php?id=1949
• Cary Peñate in Latin American Music Review: Review Geographies of Cubanidad, LAMR
• Iván Darías Alfonso  http://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/JWPM/article/viewFile/29784/html

FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Books
Geographies of Cubanidad: Music, Place, and Racialized Identity in Contemporary Cuba. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2015.

Peer-reviewed publications
“Music and Eastern Cuban Identity.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History, edited by William Beezley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. Music and Eastern Cuban Identity

“Cuba.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Music, edited by Bruce Gustafson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Cuba – Music – Oxford Bibliographies 

“Rumba.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Music, edited by Bruce Gustafson. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. Rumba – Music – Oxford Bibliographies

“National symbol or ‘a black thing’?: Rumba and racial politics in Cuba in the era of cultural tourism.” Black Music Research Journal 33 (2): 177-205, 2013.
Bodenheimer_Rumba and Racial Politics

“‘La Habana no aguanta más’: Regionalism in contemporary Cuban society and popular music.” The Musical Quarterly 92 (3-4): 201-41, 2009.
Bodenheimer_La Habana No Aguanta Mas

Non-refereed articles/book chapters
“Ever the Twain Shall Meet.” Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Fall 2015: 44-49.

“Rumba Performance and the Politics of Place in the Era of Cultural Tourism.” In Handbook on Cuban History, Literature, and the Arts, edited by Mauricio A. Font and Araceli Tinajero. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2014.

Encyclopedia entries

“San Francisco, Gentrification in (1940s–1970s).” In African American Studies Center, edited by Paul Finkelman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. http://www.oxfordaasc.com/article/opr/t356/e0462?from=browse&hi=12&pos=4

Various entries (Celia Cruz, Ignacio Piñeiro, Chucho Valdés, Adalberto Álvarez, Paquito d’Rivera, Lázaro Ros, Argeliers León, Merceditas Valdés). In Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Franklin Knight. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016-2018. 

“Coros de clave.” In The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 9, Genres: Caribbean and Latin America, edited by David Horn, Heidi Feldman, Mona-Lynn Courteau, Pamela Narbona Jerez, and Hettie Malcomson, 223-225. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. Coros de Clave

Reviews
Review of Performing Afro-Cuba: Image, Voice, Spectacle in the Making of Race and History, Kristina Wirtz. Latin American Music Review 37 (1): 115-117, 2016. Review of Performing Afro-Cuba

Review of Hip Hop Underground: The Integrity and Ethics of Racial Identification, Anthony Kwame Harrison. Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture 2 (1), 2011. Review of Hip Hop Underground

Review of Andrés Chacón y Ire Ire: Tambor Lukumí – Música Afro-Cubana (3-CD set), Middle Path Media. Ethnomusicology 54 (1): 163-68, 2010. Review of Tambor Lukumi

Review of Afrocuba de Matanzas: 50 Years On (DVD) and Afrocuba de Matanzas: Live at El Palenque Havana 2005 (DVD), La Timbala Films. Latin American Music Review 30 (2): 265-72, 2009. Review of Afrocuba DVDs