Situating Salsa: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music

Contents

• List of Illustrations. Contributors. Preface.
• Part I : Locating Salsa.
• 1. Situating Salsa: Latin Music at the Crossroads Lise Waxer.
• 2. Is Salsa a Musical Genre? Marisol Berrios-Miranda
• 3. Salsa and Socialism: Dance Music in Cuba, 1959-1999 Robin Moore.
• 4. "Cha Cha with a Backbeat": Songs and Stories of Latin Boogaloo Juan Flores
• 5. Salsa Romantica: An Analysis of Style Christopher Washburne
• Part II : Personalizing Salsa
• 6. La Lupe, La India and Celia: Toward a Feminist Genealogy of Salsa Music Frances R. Aparicio
• 7. El Hombre que Respira Debajo del Agua: Trans-Boricua Memories, Identities and Nationalisms Performed Through the Death of Hector Laver Wilson A. Valentin Escobar
• 8. Memoirs of a Life in Salsa, Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso (Translated by Lise Waxer)
• 9. Ponco Sanchez. Latin Jazz, and the Cuban Son: A Stylistic and Social Analysis Steven Loza
• Part III : Relocating Salsa
• 10. Llego la Salsa: The Rise of Salsa in Venezuela and Columbia Lise Waxer
• 11. Se Prohibe Escuchar "Salsa y Control": When Salsa Arrived in Buenaventura, Columbia Medardo Arias Santizabal (Translated by Lise Waxer)
• 12. The Making of a Salsa Music Scene in London Patria Roman-Velazquez
• 13. Salsa No Tiene Fronteras: Orquesta de la Luz and the Globilization of Popular Music Shuhei Hosokawa. Glossary.
• Index