List of Illustrations Contributors Preface Part I: Locating Salsa 1. Situating Salsa: Latin Music at the Crossroads, Lise Waxer 2. Is Salsa a Musical Genre? Marisol Berrios-Miranda 3. Salsa and Socialism: Dance Music in Cuba, 1959-99, Robin Moore 4. Cha Cha with a Backbeat: Songs and Stories of Latin Boogaloo, Juan Flores 5. Salsa Romantica: An Analysis of Style, Christopher Washburne Part II: Personalizing Salsa 6. La Lupe, La India and Celia: Toward a Feminist Genealogy of Salsa Music, Frances R. Aparicio 7. El Hombre que Respira Debajo del Agua: Trans-Boricua Memories, Identities and Nationalisms Performed Through the Death of Hector Lavor Wilson A. Valentin Escobar 8. Memoirs of a Life in Salsa, Catalino Tite Curet Alonso (Translated by Lise Waxer) 9. Poncho Sanchez, Latin Jazz, and the Cuban Son: A Stylistic and Social Analysis, Steven Loza Part III: Relocating Salsa 10. Llego la Salsa: The Rise of Salsa in Venezuela and Columbia, Lise Waxer 11. Se Prohibe Escuchar Salsa y Control: When Salsa Arrived in Buenaventura, Columbia Medardo Arias Santizabal (Translated by Lise Waxer) 12. The Making of a Salsa Music Scene in London, Patria Roman-Velazquez 13. Salsa No Tiene Fronteras: Orquesta de la Luz and the Globilazation of Popular Music, Shuhei Hosokawa Glossary Index
