Salsa and its transnational moves
By: Sheenagh Pietrobruno.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Salsa (Dance) -- Social aspects -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal.; Salsa (Dance) -- Cross-cultural studies -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal.
Description: "Salsa and Its Transnational Moves presents a critical analysis of salsa dancing in a major North American city. Drawing on many disciplines, Sheenagh Pietrobruno focuses on the tension between the status of dance as a bodily expression of identity and in its function as a cultural commodity within the economic life of modern cities."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Toward the global; title: Beyond Caribbean roots; title: Transnational identities and multicultural connections; title: Staking claims; title: The couple in dance; title: Commodifying the gendered embrace; title: Conclusion: Virtual migrations.