Music Helps Shape Latino Identity in U.S.

A very interesting report; the music Latinos listen to when they get here is slightly different than the music they listened to before they crossed the border.    - - Donna Poisl

Vida en el Valle, News Report, Cynthia Moreno

SACRAMENTO -- For those who believe music does not play a role in shaping Latino identity-think again says Jorge Andrés Herrera, an adjunct professor at California State University, Fullerton, who teaches Chicano Studies courses and is a Ph.D. candidate at UCLA.

He is studying the role music plays in shaping Latino identity with an emphasis on the U.S.-Mexico border.

"When a Latino crosses the border, they automatically start to assimilate culturally and a big part of that assimilation comes in the form of musical tastes and musical preferences which also transform and assimilate to the dominant culture," said Herrera.
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