Author of two books on Issac Albeniz, including Issac Albeniz: A Guide to Research (1998), Walter Aaron Clark has compiled thirteen essays that discuss the various aspects of Latin American music. The essays cover the social and political impact the music generated as well as the rhythmic development of the various genres. In this essential book, significant personalities, including Carmen Miranda, are discussed. The scope of the contributors is vast as divergent musical styles such as the Macarena dace craze, Bob Marley's reggae music and the seductive strains of the tango are analyzed.

Preface: Of Borders and Boundaries Walter Aaron Clark1. "Give Your Body Joy, Macarena": Aspects of U.S. Participation in the Dance Craze of the 90s MelindaRussell2. Music and Place in the Brazilian Popular Imagination: The Interplay of Local and Global in the Mangue Bit Movement of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil PhilipA. Galinsky3. The Tango, Astor Piazzola, and Peronism (1940s-1955) María Susana Azzi4. Crossing Borders: Mexican Popular Music in the United States JohnKoegel5. Viral Creativity: A Memetic approach to the Music of André Abujamra and Karnak John Murphy6. The Popularized Gaucho Image as a Source of Argentine Classical Music, 1880-1920 Deborah Schwartz-Kates7. A Chicano in a Cuban Band: Okan Ise and Songo in Los Angeles javier Pacheco8. The Bolero Romántico: From Cuban Dance to International Popular Song Geogre Torres9. Iron Lion Zion: Biblical References in the Lyrics of Bob Marley David Moskowitz10. Volcán + canto = Volcanto: Central American Popular Music in the 1970s and 1980s T. M. Scruggs11. Rock Chabón: The Contemporary National Rock of Argentina Pablo Vila and Pablo Seman12. Chica Music: The Andean Cumbia and Urban Popular Culture in Lima, Peru Raúl Romero13. Doing the Samba on Sunset Boulevard: Carmen Miranda and the Hollywoodization of Latin American Music Walter AaronClarkAbout the Contributors