Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) 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.