How Latinx artists engage in sonic subcultures to reject neoliberal definitions of belongingWhat is the connection between the British rock star Morrissey and the Latinx culture of transnational unbelonging What is the relevance of dyke chords in Chicana feminist punk and lesbian dissolution In what ways can dissonant sounds challenge systems of dominanceUnbelonging answers these questions and more through an exploration into Mexican and USbased Latinx artists writers and creators use of the discordant sounds of punk metal and rock to give voice to the aesthetic of unbelonging a rejection of consumerist and nationalist mentalities. Ivn A. Ramos argues that racial identity and belonging have historically required legible forms of performance. Sound has been the primary medium that amplifies and is used to assign cultural citizenship and for Latinx individuals legibility is essential to music perceived as traditional and authentic to their national origins. In the context of twentiethcentury neoliberal policies which cemented the concept of citizen within logics of consumerism and capitalism Ramos turns to focus on Latinx artists writers and audiences who produce experimental and often inauthentic performances and installations in sonic subcultures to reject new definitions of economic citizenship.Organized around studies of a number of artists all whom are explored through the methodological frameworks of sound studies performance studies and queer theory Unbelonging unearths how their very different genres of music share a unifying theme of dissonance. With the backdrop of neoliberalisms attempt to define citizenship in relation to economic and cultural legibility Unbelonging offers an urgent analysis of how these oftoverlooked queer and feminist performers and fans used sonic illegibility to challenge gender norms official definitions of citizenship and narratives of assimilation. Ultimately these forms of inauthenticity move beyond negation and become ways to imag