| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 254 pages) : illustrations, music |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music |
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Studies in Latin American and Caribbean music.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 -- Appendices. |
| Summary |
This ethnographic journey into the New York salsa scene of the 1990s offers detailed accounts of musicians grappling with intercultural tensions and commercial pressures. The author, himself an accomplished salsa musician, examines the organizational structures, recording processes, rehearsing and gigging of salsa bands. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2022. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Salsa (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism.
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Salsa (Music) -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| Added Title |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
9781592133154 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1592133150 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1592133169 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781592133161 paper |
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9781592133154 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
heb40068 hdl |
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