salsa: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Vernon W. Boggs, Salsiology: Afro-Cuban Music and the Evolution of Salsa in New York City (1992); Frances R. Aparicio, Listening to Salsa: Gender, Latin Popular Music, and Puerto Rican Cultures (1998); Charley Gerard and Marty Sheller, Salsa!: The Rhythm of Latin Music, new ed. (1998); Lise Waxer, Situating Salsa: Global Markets and Local Meanings in Latin Popular Music (2002); Frances R. Aparicio and Cándida Jáquez (eds.), Musical Migrations: Transnationalism and Cultural Hybridity in Latin/o America (2003).

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    Senior Lecturer in Dance, Stanford University.
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Dance Facts - Salsa Music. Sep 26, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Salsa Rhythms and Soul Connections. Nov 08, 2025
Article revised and updated. Aug 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Communications of the ACM - Understanding Salsa: How Computing Is Defining Latin Music. Mar 25, 2025
Add new Web site: United States Patent and Trademark Office - Inventing salsa. Jan 16, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Southern California - Alliance for Networking Visual Culture - Salsa. Oct 26, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Salsa Music and Social Movements: The Young Lords, Nuyoricans, and Salsa for Political Activism. Jul 30, 2024
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Salsa Music and Social Movements: The Young Lords, Nuyoricans, and Salsa for Political Activism. Jul 30, 2024
Add new Web site: LiveAbout - What Is Salsa Music and What Is Its Origin? May 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Dance Facts - Salsa Music. Oct 13, 2023
Noted that the term salsa also applies to a dance. Sep 24, 2021
Add new Web site: NPR - On Fania Records and the Music That Made It Matter. Aug 18, 2021
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Salsa. Sep 16, 2014
Bibliography revised. Aug 22, 2008
Added new Web site: Salsa & Merengue. May 17, 2006
Added new Web site: Salsa & Merengue. May 17, 2006
New article added. Mar 16, 2006
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