Entangled Mobilities in the Transnational Salsa Circuit: The Esperanto of the Body, Gender and Ethnicity

ISBN-13: 9780367510541 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 218 str.

Joanna Menet

Opis

Drawing on interviews and ethnographic research in Havana and several European cities, this book explores the circulation of people, imaginaries and affects in the world of salsa dancing, showing how intimate gendered and ethnicized moves on the dance floor relate to the cross-border mobility of dance professionals and their students.

Spis treści

"Bailamos, Shall we Dance?" An Ethnographic Entry to Salsa;  Part I: An Introduction to the Salsa Circuit;  1. Studying Salsa;  2. The Salsa Circuit;  Part II: Negotiating Ethnicity and Gender;  3. Negotiating Salsa’s "Latinness";  4. Doing, Redoing and Undoing Gender in Salsa Dancing;  Part III: Transnational Careers;  5. Becoming a Salsa Dance Professional;  6. Accessing the European Salsa Circuit;  7. Building Up Reputation  Part IV: Conclusion;  Conclusion

O autorze

Joanna Menet is a post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratory for the Study of Social Processes at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.