Creating a "Latino" Artist Identity in-between Sweden and Latin America - A Comparative Approach

Abstract

This article engages in a close comparative reading of the creation of a “Latino” artist identity by two Swedish artists – Fredrik FreddeRico Ekelund and Rodrigo Rodde Bernal. By focusing on the theoretical concept of white Swedish masculin- ity, it aims to deepen the understanding of how such identities are created within and against the background of specific historical contexts and locations.

Keywords

• Sweden and Latin America
• R&B
• Hip-hop
• masculinity
• whiteness