Frances R. Aparicio is Associate Professor of Spanish and American Culture at the University of Michigan, author
of Versiones, interpretaciones, creaciones (1991), coeditor of Tropicalizations, and editor of Latino Voices (1994).
Review
�Deftly explores the cultural politics of Puerto Rican music, revealing how salsa illuminates the complexities
of class, race, and gender identity among Puerto Ricans at home and in the continental United States.�
--ISAM Newsletter
�Destined to be a landmark in the study of Latin music, gender studies, and of modern popular culture in general.�
--Peter Manuel, City University of New York
University Press of New Englang Web Site, July, 2001
