Juan Eduardo Wolf is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the School of Music and Dance of the University of Oregon. He also serves as a core faculty member in the university's Folklore and Public Culture Program.

"Wolf's work is exemplary as he critically addresses twenty-first-century deliberations on identity and cultural diversity across the African diaspora."—Yvonne Daniel, Smith College, Journal of American Folklore"Wolf 's text is a solid contribution to current narratives of self-determination and positioning of Chile's Afro-descendant population. The book highlights the achievements that music and dance represent for social and cultural processes in Chile, which makes it useful to understanding other Afro-American narratives across the Americas."—Fernando Palacios Mateos, Ethnomusicology"The book itself will not only prove useful for academics interested in the music of Chile, Latin America, the African Diaspora, Blackness, and in semiotics, but is also written in a style that is accessible to upper-level undergraduates and above"—P. Judkins Wellington - City University of New York, Journal of Folklore Research

• AcknowledgementsAccessing Audiovisual MaterialsIntroduction: Of Stereotypes and StylingPart I: Styling Blackness as Afro-descendant1. The Disappearance of Blackness and the Emergence of Afro-descendants in Chile2. Tumbe Carnaval: Styling Afro-descendant3. Self-Understanding as Motivation for Styling Afro-descendantPart II: Other Ways of Styling BlacknessAn Interlude on the Importance of Styling Blackness and the African Diaspora4. Styling Blackness as Criollo: Dancing the Intimate5. Styling Moreno: Taking Pride in Decent Steps6. Styling Blackness as Indígena: Racial Order as Carnivalesque?7. A Question of Success: Carnivalization and the Future of StylingBibliographyIndex

Juan Eduardo Wolf is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the School of Music and Dance of the University of Oregon. He also serves as a core faculty member in the university's Folklore and Public Culture Program.

"Wolf's work is exemplary as he critically addresses twenty-first-century deliberations on identity and cultural diversity across the African diaspora."—Yvonne Daniel, Smith College, Journal of American Folklore"Wolf 's text is a solid contribution to current narratives of self-determination and positioning of Chile's Afro-descendant population. The book highlights the achievements that music and dance represent for social and cultural processes in Chile, which makes it useful to understanding other Afro-American narratives across the Americas."—Fernando Palacios Mateos, Ethnomusicology"The book itself will not only prove useful for academics interested in the music of Chile, Latin America, the African Diaspora, Blackness, and in semiotics, but is also written in a style that is accessible to upper-level undergraduates and above"—P. Judkins Wellington - City University of New York, Journal of Folklore Research

• AcknowledgementsAccessing Audiovisual MaterialsIntroduction: Of Stereotypes and StylingPart I: Styling Blackness as Afro-descendant1. The Disappearance of Blackness and the Emergence of Afro-descendants in Chile2. Tumbe Carnaval: Styling Afro-descendant3. Self-Understanding as Motivation for Styling Afro-descendantPart II: Other Ways of Styling BlacknessAn Interlude on the Importance of Styling Blackness and the African Diaspora4. Styling Blackness as Criollo: Dancing the Intimate5. Styling Moreno: Taking Pride in Decent Steps6. Styling Blackness as Indígena: Racial Order as Carnivalesque?7. A Question of Success: Carnivalization and the Future of StylingBibliographyIndex