Spinning Mambo into Salsa - McMains, Juliet (Associate Professor of Dance, Associate Professor of Dance, University of Washington, Seattle, WA)

This history of salsa dance in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami tells the story of how commercialized salsa in the 1990s departed from 1950s mambo. It draws on over 100 interviews, archival research, and participant observation, and is rich with quotations and stories from practitioners and detailed movement description.