Spinning mambo into salsa : Caribbean dance in global commerce /

This study chronicles histories of salsa dance in the United States, starting from its incarnation as mambo in the late 1940s, through the creation of salsa as a musical genre in the 1970s, into the formation of a global salsa dance industry in the 1990s and 2000s. Equally informative for those inte...

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Main Author: McMains, Juliet E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This study chronicles histories of salsa dance in the United States, starting from its incarnation as mambo in the late 1940s, through the creation of salsa as a musical genre in the 1970s, into the formation of a global salsa dance industry in the 1990s and 2000s. Equally informative for those interested in the dance's changing aesthetics and its relationship to evolving music styles and those concerned with how sociopolitical issues related to race, class, ethnicity, nationality, and gender played into this history, the text considers dance as both an object and an agent of change.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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