Washburne, Christopher.

Sounding salsa : performing Latin music in New York City / Christopher Washburne. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2008. - xii, 254 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-243) and index.

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.

9781592133154 (cloth : alk. paper) 1592133150 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781592133161 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1592133169 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Salsa (Music)--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
Salsa (Music)--Social aspects.--New York (State)--New York

ML3535.5 / .W37 2008

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