Reggaeton as a sociocultural phenomenon of consumption. Reflections from preferences and perceptions of its listeners

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to reflect on reggaeton music as a sociocultural phenomenon based on the preferences and perceptions of listeners in their daily lives, taking into consideration theoretical categories such as socialization, music as a sociocultural fact and consumption. To achieve the objective, a theoretical review was developed to approach reggaeton with current references, followed by a methodological process based on an open survey with people of different ages, to provide some indications that show how reggaeton, despite being a genre of high cultural consumption, has also been partly because it is a star product within the information society and the mass cultural industry.  And the fa cis that music, being a socio-cultural and historical expression that represents collectivities and subjectivities, is also a representation of what it is to be Latin American.