Marisol Negrón is Associate Professor of American Studies and Latino Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
“Marisol Negrón outlines how salsa music is both an expression of Puerto Rican identity and a shaping force of that identity, so that the two cannot be understood without each other. A provocative, meticulously researched book loaded with historical detail and original insight, Made in NuYoRico will be a go-to book in the study of salsa.” -- Josh Kun, author of * Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America * “Understanding salsa as a cultural and transnational product born of and tied to place and time, Marisol Negrón makes an urgently needed intervention into the study of a musical genre that has been addressed primarily as a cultural text with little connection to history and particular communities. This book is a key archive of Latinx studies and a beautiful tribute to Nuyorican history.” -- Arlene Dávila, author of * Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics *