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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 781.64 EAN: 9780819563088 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0819563080 Label: Wesleyan Manufacturer: Wesleyan Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 302 Publication Date: January 15, 1998 Publisher: Wesleyan Studio: Wesleyan Related Items:
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 Rating: - A scholarly, contemporary view of Salsa and gender"Listening to Salsa" is a scholarly wake up call to anyone who is interested in this genre. After reading it, you will probably never listen to Salsa the same way and it is probably just as well! What I discovered by reading this book is that I was hearing the music but not really listening. "Listening to Salsa" will give you a deeper appreciation of the nuances, intricacies and gender issues that comprise Salsa. As an aspiring writer on the subject, I know that I will be referring back ... Read More Rating: - An excellent book that will cause salseros pauseFrances Aparicio's work is a powerful blend of critical analysis of lyrics, styles of performance, and ethnography on the reception of listeners to salsa's meanings. She relies on an obvious and powerful training in literary analysis to consider the history and multiple uses of salsa as a form of expression, communication, and community formation. However, the most important contribution of this work is its concentration on gender and on the ways in which desire, identity and language are negotiatied ... Read More 
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