The pulsing beats of salsa, merengue, and bolero are a compelling expression of Latino/a culture, but few outsiders comprehend the music's implications in large

Rondón tells the engaging story of salsa's roots in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, and of its emergence and development in

This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of mo

In Los Angeles, night after night, the city's salsa clubs become social arenas where hierarchies of gender, race, and class, and of nationality, citizenship, an

Salsa Rising provides the first full-length historical account of Latin Music in this city guided by close critical attention to issues of tradition and experim