Everynight Life: Culture and Dance in Latin/o America (Latin America Otherwise)

The function of dance in Latin/o American culture is the focus of the essays collected in Everynight Life . The contributors interpret how Latin/o culture expresses itself through dance, approaching the material from the varying perspectives of literary, cultural, dance, performance, queer, and feminist studies. Viewing dance as privileged sites of identity formation and cultural resistance in Latin/o America, Everynight Life translates the motion of bodies into speech, and the gestures of dance into a provocative socio-political grammar. This anthology looks at many modes of dance—including salsa, merengue, cumbia, rumba, mambo, tango, samba, and norteño—as models for the interplay of cultural memory and regional conflict. Barbara Browning’s essay on capoeira, for instance, demonstrates how dance has been used as a literal form of resistance, while José Piedra explores the meanings conveyed by women of color dancing the rumba. Pieces such as Gustavo Perez Fírmat’s "I Came, I Saw, I Conga’d" and Jorge Salessi’s "Medics, Crooks, and Tango Queens" illustrate the lively scope of this volume’s subject matter. Contributors . Barbara Browning, Celeste Fraser Delgado, Jane C. Desmond, Mayra Santos Febres, Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia, Josh Kun, Ana M. López, José Esteban Muñoz, José Piedra, Gustavo Perez Fírmat, Augusto C. Puleo, David Román, Jorge Salessi, Alberto Sandoval The function of dance in Latin/o American culture is the focus of the essays collected in __Everynight Life__. The contributors interpret how Latin/o culture expresses itself through dance, approaching the material from the varying perspectives of literary, cultural, dance, performance, queer, and feminist studies. Viewing dance as privileged sites of identity formation and cultural resistance in Latin/o America, __Everynight Life__ translates the motion of bodies into speech, and the gestures of dance into a provocative socio-political grammar. This anthology looks at many modes of dance—including salsa, merengue, cumbia, rumba, mambo, tango, samba, and norteño—as models for the interplay of cultural memory and regional conflict. Barbara Browning’s essay on capoeira, for instance, demonstrates how dance has been used as a literal form of resistance, while José Piedra explores the meanings conveyed by women of color dancing the rumba. Pieces such as Gustavo Perez Fírmat’s "I Came, I Saw, I Conga’d" and Jorge Salessi’s "Medics, Crooks, and Tango Queens" illustrate the lively scope of this volume’s subject matter.__Contributors__. Barbara Browning, Celeste Fraser Delgado, Jane C. Desmond, Mayra Santos Febres, Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia, Josh Kun, Ana M. López, José Esteban Muñoz, José Piedra, Gustavo Perez Fírmat, Augusto C. Puleo, David Román, Jorge Salessi, Alberto Sandoval The function of dance in Latin/o American culture is the focus of the essays collected in Everynight Life. The contributors interpret the ways in which Latin/o culture expresses itself through dance, approaching the material from the varying perspectives of literary, cultural, dance, performance, queer, and feminist studies. Viewing dance as privileged sites of identity formation and cultural resistance in Latin/o America, Everynight Life translates the motion of bodies into speech, and the gestures of dance into a provocative socio-political grammar.This anthology looks at many modes of dance -- including salsa, merengue, cumbia, rumba, mambo, tango, samba, and norteno -- as models for the interplay of cultural memory and regional conflict. Barbara Browning's essay on capoeira, for instance, demonstrates how dance has been used as a literal form of resistance, while Jose Piedra explores the meanings conveyed by women of color dancing the rumba. Pieces such as Gustavo Perez Firmat's "I Came, I Saw, I Conga'd" and Jorge Salessi's "Medics, Crooks, and Tango Queens" illustrate the lively scope of this volume's subject matter. Everynight Life will interest students and scholars of Latin American, performance, and cultural studies. Preface : Politics In Motion / Celeste Fraser Delgado -- Rebellions Of Everynight Life / Celeste Fraser Delgado And José Esteban Muñoz -- Emboding Difference : Issues In Dance And Cultural Studies / Jane C. Desmond -- Headspin : Capoeira's Ironic Inversions / Barbara Browning -- Hip Poetics / José Piedra -- Medics, Crooks, And Tango Queens : The National Appropriation Of A Gay Tango / Jorge Salessi ; Trans. By Celeste Fraser Delgado -- Salsa As Translocation / Mayra Santos Febres -- Notes Toward A Reading Of Salsa / Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia ; Trans. By Celeste Fraser Delgado -- Una Verdadera Crónica Del Norte : Una Noche Con La India / Augusto C. Puleo ; Trans. By Celeste Fraser Delgado -- I Came, I Saw, I Conga'd : Contexts For A Cuban-american Culture / Gustavo Pérez Firmat -- Caught In The Web : Latinidad, Aids,and Allegory In Kiss Of The Spider Woman, The Musical / David Román And Alberto Sandoval -- Against Easy Listening : Audiotopic Readings And Transnational Soundings / Josh Kun -- Of Rhythms And Borders / Ama M. López. Celeste Fraser Delgado And José Esteban Muñoz, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [345]-358) And Index. Preface : politics in motion / Celeste Fraser Delgado -- Rebellions of everynight life / Celeste Fraser Delgado and José Esteban Muñoz -- Embodying difference : issues in dance and cultural studies / Jane C. Desmond -- Headspin : Capoeira's ironic inversions / Barbara Browning -- Hip poetics / José Piedra -- Medics, crooks, and tango queens : the national appropriation of a gay tango / Jorge Salessi -- Salsa as translocation / Mayra Santos Febres -- Notes toward a reading of salsa / Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia -- Una verdadera crónica del Norte : una noche con la India / Augusto C. Puleo -- I came, I saw, I conga'd : contexts for a Cuban-American culture / Gustavo Pérez Firmat -- Caught in the web : Latinidad, AIDS, and allegory in Kiss of the spider woman, the musical / David Román and Alberto Sandoval -- Against easy listening : audiotopic readings and transnational soundings / Josh Kun -- Of rhythms and borders / Ana M. Lopez