%0 Journal Article %T GASTRONOM¨ªA, HUMOR Y NACI¨®N: ESTRATEGIAS RET¨®RICAS EN LAS LETRAS DE CALLE 13 %A Rosana D¨ªaz-Zambrana %J Centro Journal %D 2010 %I %X This essay examines how the duet Calle 13 uses food, satirical humor, and profane language in his lyrics as a rhetorical strategy to construct cultural and national imaginaries. It also discusses the role that Calle 13's alternative and urban music genre plays in providing a resistance tool against oppression, social inequality, and colonialism in the contemporary context of Puerto Rico. %U http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37721056006