Salsa and tango, the Buena Vista Social Club, Carnival, and the Day of the Dead. Latin America has produced many unique forms of dance, music, and festivals to celebrate life. But when two-thirds of Moscow is hooked on a Mexican telenovela and a Japanese salsa band is scoring hits, you can truly say Latin American culture has gone global.
Lisa Shaw, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Leeds University, Leeds, England, specializing in Brazilian popular culture. Stephanie Dennison, PhD, is a lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and director of the Masters Program in World Cinema at the University of Leeds, Leeds, England.
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