Situating Salsa : Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music 9781135725341, 9780815340195

Situating Salsa offers the first comprehensive consideration of salsa music and its social impact, in its multiple trans

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Situating Salsa : Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music
9781135725341, 9780815340195

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