Salsa Consciente : Politics, Poetics, and Latinidad in the Meta-Barrio / Andrés Espinoza Agurto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Espinoza Agurto, Andrés, author.

Series:

Latinos in the United States.

Latinos in the United States Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salsa (Music)--History and criticism.

Salsa (Music).

Salsa (Music)--Political aspects--Latin America.

Salsa (Music)--Social aspects--Latin America.

Salsa (Music)--Political aspects--United States.

Salsa (Music)--Social aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Salsa Consciente is a book that explores the significations and developments of the Salsa consciente movement, a musical and poetic discourse defined by its lyrical content alongside specific sonic markers, political and social issues facing U.S. Latinos, as well as the people of their ancestral homes across Latin America, evoking the overarching cultural-nationalist idea of Latinidad (Latin-ness)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Section One. Performing Conciencia : Salsa as a chronicle of El Pueblo ; Salsa as Class Consciousness ; Salsa as the Engine of Latino Consciousness

Section Two. Literizing Salsa : The compositions of Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso and Rubén Blades ; The works of Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso

Rubén Blades' move into Salsa ; Rubén Blades' move out of Salsa ; Conclusion. Signifying Latinidad today.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781628954432

1628954434

9781609176761

1609176766

OCLC:

1280274817