Entangled mobilities in the transnational salsa circuit : the esperanto of the body, gender and ethnicity / Joanna Menet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menet, Joanna, author.

Series:

Feminist imagination - Europe and beyond.

The feminist imagination - Europe and beyond

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salsa (Dance)--Europe.

Salsa (Dance).

Dance and transnationalism--Europe.

Dance and transnationalism.

Salsa (Dance)--Vocational guidance--Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1 ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"With attention to the transnational dance world of salsa, this book explores the circulation of people, imaginaries, dance movements, conventions and affects from a transnational perspective. Through interviews and ethnographic, multi-sited research in Havana and several European cities, the author draws on the notion of 'entangled mobilities' to show how the intimate gendered and ethnicized moves on the dance floor relate to the cross-border mobility of salsa dance professionals and their students. A combination of research on migration and mobility with studies of music and dance, Entangled Mobilities in the Transnational Salsa Circuit contributes to the fields of transnationalism, mobility and dance studies, thus providing a deeper theoretical and empirical understanding of gendered and racialized transnational phenomena. As such it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in migration, cultural studies and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Bailamos, shall we dance?" an ethnographic entry to salsa

Part 1: A theoretical, methodological and empirical introduction to the salsa circuit

Studying salsa

The salsa circuit

Part 2: Negotiating ethnicity and gender in the salsa circuit

Introduction to part 2: conceptual notes on conventions, ethnicity and gender Negotiating salsa's Latinness in dancing and teaching

Doing, redoing and undoing gender in salsa dancing

Part 3: Transnational careers of salsa dance professionals

Introduction to part 3: conceptual notes on transnational careers

Becoming a salsa dance professional

Accessing the European salsa circuit

Building up reputation

Part 4: Conclusion.

Notes:

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OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781003002697

1003002692

9781000079708

1000079708

9781000079685

1000079686

OCLC:

1158313731

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003002697