Entangled mobilities in the transnational salsa circuit : the esperanto of the body, gender and ethnicity /

"With attention to the transnational dance world of salsa, this book explores the circulation of people, imaginaries, dance movements, conventions and affects from a transnational perspective. Through interviews and ethnographic, multi-sited research in Havana and several European cities, the a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Menet, Joanna (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Feminist imagination, Europe and beyond.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Bailamos, shall we dance?" an ethnographic entry to salsa
  • Part 1: A theoretical, methodological and empirical introduction to the salsa circuit
  • Studying salsa
  • The salsa circuit
  • Part 2: Negotiating ethnicity and gender in the salsa circuit
  • Introduction to part 2: conceptual notes on conventions, ethnicity and gender Negotiating salsa's Latinness in dancing and teaching
  • Doing, redoing and undoing gender in salsa dancing
  • Part 3: Transnational careers of salsa dance professionals
  • Introduction to part 3: conceptual notes on transnational careers
  • Becoming a salsa dance professional
  • Accessing the European salsa circuit
  • Building up reputation
  • Part 4: Conclusion.