The City of Musical Memory

by Lise A. Waxer

Book Overview

Salsa is a popular dance music developed by Puerto Ricans in New York City during the 1960s and 70s, based on Afro-Cuban forms. By the 1980s, the Colombian metropolis of Cali emerged on the global stage as an important center for salsa consumption and performance. Despite their geographic distance from the Caribbean and from Hispanic Caribbean migrants in New York City, Cale os (people from Cali) claim unity with Cubans, Puerto Ricans and New York...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819564427
• ISBN13: 9780819564429
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.2"