Uprising on the Dance Floor. New Chilean Pop and Protest in Postdictatorship Chile

New Chilean Pop catalyzed and reinforced a queer exploration of social exclusion, an alternative and sometimes a counter culture. An analysis of Javiera Mena and Álex Anwandter’s music and filmography reveals a musical scene that has been led by queer and feminist artists whose work has evolved alongside national social movements and a counter-telling of the political, social, cultural, and economic legacy of Augusto Pinochet’s bloody regime (1973–1990).