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The Great Migration: Los Angeles Salsa Speculations and the Performance of Latinidad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2014

Cindy García
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Abstract

“The Great Migration” considers danced formations of latinidad in Los Angeles. Through close analysis of the spectacularized “migration” within one east Los Angeles County nightclub, the author argues that the politics of Mexican migration interlock with salsa dance practices.

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Salsa DanceLos AngelesMexicolatinidadmigrationethnography
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Dance Research Journal , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , December 2013 , pp. 125 - 136
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Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 2013 

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