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Sounding salsa : performing Latin music in New York City
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Title
Sounding salsa : performing Latin music in New York City / Christopher Washburne.
ISBN
9781592133154 (cloth : alk. paper)
1592133150 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781592133161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1592133169 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xii, 254 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 14, 2008
Series
Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-243) and index.
Contents
Salsa bands and the performance of pueble
"The music is so good but the scene is pure dues!" : salsa musicians
"Play like there's a gun to your head!" : the aesthetics and performance practice of sounding violence in salsa
New York salsa and drugs : aesthetics, performance practice, governmental policy, and the illicit drug trade
La India and the masquerading of gender on the salsa scene
"They are going to hear this in Puerto Rico. It has got to be good!" : the sound and style of salsa.
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