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Salsa Consciente
This volume explores the significations and developments of the
Salsa consciente movement, a Latino musico-poetic and
political discourse that exploded in the 1970s but then dwindled in
momentum into the early 1990s. This movement is largely linked to
the development of Nuyolatino popular music brought about
in part by the mass Latino migration to New York City beginning in
the 1950s and the subsequent social movements that were tied to the
shifting political landscapes. Defined by its lyrical content
alongside specific sonic markers and political and social issues
facing U.S. Latinos and Latin Americans, Salsa consciente
evokes the overarching cultural-nationalist idea of
Latinidad (Latin-ness). Through the analysis of over 120
different Salsa songs from lyrical and musical perspectives that
span a period of over sixty years, the author makes the argument
that the urban Latino identity expressed in Salsa
consciente was constructed largely from diasporic,
deterritorialized, and at times imagined cultural memory, and
furthermore proposes that the Latino/Latin American identity is in
part based on African and Indigenous experience, especially as it
relates to Spanish colonialism. A unique study on the intersection
of Salsa and Latino and Latin American identity, this volume will
be especially interesting to scholars of ethnic studies and
musicology alike.
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The Book of Salsa
Salsa is one of the most popular types of music listened to and danced to in the United States. Until now, the single comprehensive history of the music--and the industry that grew up around it, including musicians, performances, styles, movements, and production--was available only in Spanish. This lively translation provides for English-reading and music-loving fans the chance to enjoy Cesar Miguel Rondon's celebratedEl libro de la salsa.Rondon tells the engaging story of salsa's roots in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, and of its emergence and development in the 1960s as a distinct musical movement in New York. Rondon presents salsa as a truly pan-Caribbean phenomenon, emerging in the migrations and interactions, the celebrations and conflicts that marked the region. Although salsa is rooted in urban culture, Rondon explains, it is also a commercial product produced and shaped by professional musicians, record producers, and the music industry. For this first English-language edition, Rondon has added a new chapter to bring the story of salsa up to the present.
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The city of musical memory : salsa, record grooves, and popular culture in Cali, Colombia
Salsa is a popular dance music developed by Puerto Ricans in New York City during the 1960s and 70s, based on Afro-Cuban forms. By the 1980s, the Colombian metropolis of Cali emerged on the global stage as an important center for salsa consumption and performance. Despite their geographic distance from the Caribbean and from Hispanic Caribbean migrants in New York City, Calenos (people from Cali) claim unity with Cubans, Puerto Ricans and New York Latinos by virtue of their having adopted salsa as their own. The City of Musical Memory explores this local adoption of salsa and its Afro-Caribbean antecedents in relation to national and regional musical styles, shedding light on salsa's spread to other Latin American cities. Cali's case disputes the prevalent academic notion that live music is more real or authentic than its recorded versions, since in this city salsa recordings were until recently much more important than musicians themselves, and continued to be influential in the live scene. This book makes valuable contributions to ongoing discussions about the place of technology in music culture and the complex negotiations of local and transnational cultural identities.
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The inward-rectifying K super(+) channel SsAKT1 is a candidate involved in K super(+) uptake in the halophyte Suaeda salsa under saline condition
Background and aims: The Shaker AKT1-like channels are considered to be involved in both high- and low-affinity K super(+) uptake and correlated with salt tolerance in glycophytes. Suaeda salsa (Suaeda maritima subsp. salsa), as a typical salt-accumulating halophyte, is able to absorb K super(+) efficiently while growing under saline conditions and taking in a large amount of Na super(+), thus maintaining the K super(+) concentration in its cells. In this study, the possible functions of the inward-rectifying K super(+) channel SsAKT1 in K super(+) uptake and salt tolerance in the halophyte S. salsa were investigated. Methods: SsAKT1 from S. salsa was isolated by RT-PCR and characterized using yeast complementation; the responses of SsAKT1 to various KCl and NaCl treatments were investigated by real-time quantitative PCR. Results: SsAKT1 consisted of 879 amino acid residues and shared high homology (60-67 %) with the identified inward-rectifying K super(+) channels AKT1 from other plants. The expression of SsAKT1 rescued the K super(+)-uptake-defective phenotype of yeast strain CY162, and also suppressed the salt-sensitive phenotype of yeast strain G19, suggesting SsAKT1 functioned as an inward-rectifying K super(+) channel. SsAKT1 was predominantly expressed in roots, and was induced significantly by K super(+) starvation; transcript levels increased further on resupply of K super(+) (0.1-10 mM for 6 h) by 62 % in 0.1 mM K super(+) and 144-174 % in higher K super(+) concentrations (1-10 mM). Interestingly, the expression level of SsAKT1 in roots was also induced significantly by short-term treatment (6 h) with NaCl concentrations (25-250 mM). Conclusions: These results demonstrate that the inward-rectifying K super(+) channel SsAKT1 might mediate both high- and low-affinity K super(+) uptake in S. salsa, but play a greater role in the low-affinity system. Furthermore, SsAKT1 might also be involved in salt tolerance by participating in the maintenance of K super(+) nutrition in S. salsa under salinity.
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The city of musical memory: salsa, record grooves, and popular culture in Cali, Colombia
Salsa is a popular dance music developed by Puerto Ricans in New York City during the 1960s and 70s, based on Afro-Cuban forms. By the 1980s, the Colombian metropolis of Cali emerged on the global stage as an important center for salsa consumption and performance. Despite their geographic distance from the Caribbean and from Hispanic Caribbean migrants in New York City, Calenos (people from Cali) claim unity with Cubans, Puerto Ricans and New York Latinos by virtue of their having adopted salsa as their own. The City of Musical Memory explores this local adoption of salsa and its Afro-Caribbean antecedents in relation to national and regional musical styles, shedding light on salsa's spread to other Latin American cities. Cali's case disputes the prevalent academic notion that live music is more \"real\" or \"authentic\" than its recorded versions, since in this city salsa recordings were until recently much more important than musicians themselves, and continued to be influential in the live scene. This book makes valuable contributions to ongoing discussions about the place of technology in music culture and the complex negotiations of local and transnational cultural identities.
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Using euhalophytes to understand salt tolerance and to develop saline agriculture
As important components in saline agriculture, halophytes can help to provide food for a growing world population. In addition to being potential crops in their own right, halophytes are also potential sources of salt-resistance genes that might help plant breeders and molecular biologists increase the salt tolerance of conventional crop plants. One especially promising halophyte is Suaeda salsa, a euhalophytic herb that occurs both on inland saline soils and in the intertidal zone. The species produces dimorphic seeds: black seeds are sensitive to salinity and remain dormant in light under high salt concentrations, while brown seeds can germinate under high salinity (e.g. 600 mm NaCl) regardless of light. Consequently, the species is useful for studying the mechanisms by which dimorphic seeds are adapted to saline environments. S. salsa has succulent leaves and is highly salt tolerant (e.g. its optimal NaCl concentration for growth is 200 mm). A series of S. salsa genes related to salt tolerance have been cloned and their functions tested: these include SsNHX1, SsHKT1, SsAPX, SsCAT1, SsP5CS and SsBADH. The species is economically important because its fresh branches have high value as a vegetable, and its seed oil is edible and rich in unsaturated fatty acids. Because it can remove salts and heavy metals from saline soils, S. salsa can also be used in the restoration of salinized or contaminated saline land.
Because of its economic and ecological value in saline agriculture, S. salsa is one of the most important halophytes in China. In this review, the value of S. salsa as a source of food, medicine and forage is discussed. Its uses in the restoration of salinized or contaminated land and as a source of salt-resistance genes are also considered.
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Dancing salsa with machines-filling the gap of dancing learning solutions
Dancing is an activity that positively enhances the mood of people that consists of feeling the music and expressing it in rhythmic movements with the body. Learning how to dance can be challenging because it requires proper coordination and understanding of rhythm and beat. In this paper, we present the first implementation of the Dancing Coach (DC), a generic system designed to support the practice of dancing steps, which in its current state supports the practice of basic salsa dancing steps. However, the DC has been designed to allow the addition of more dance styles. We also present the first user evaluation of the DC, which consists of user tests with 25 participants. Results from the user test show that participants stated they had learned the basic salsa dancing steps, to move to the beat and body coordination in a fun way. Results also point out some direction on how to improve the future versions of the DC. (DIPF/Orig.)
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Improvement of functional dyspepsia with Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall via regulating brain-gut peptide and gut microbiota structure
Purpose
The traditional Chinese herbal medicine
Suaeda salsa
(L.) Pall (
S. salsa
) with a digesting food effect was taken as the research object, and its chemical composition and action mechanism were explored.
Methods
The chemical constituents of
S. salsa
were isolated and purified by column chromatography, and their structures were characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance. The food accumulation model in mice was established, and the changes of the aqueous extract of
S. salsa
in gastric emptying and intestinal propulsion rate, colonic tissue lesions, serum brain-gut peptide hormone, colonic tissue protein expression, and gut microbiota structure were compared.
Results
Ten compounds were isolated from
S. salsa
named as naringenin (
1
), hesperetin (
2
), baicalein (
3
), luteolin (
4
), isorhamnetin (
5
), taxifolin (
6
), isorhamnetin-3-
O
-β-
d
-glucoside (
7
), luteolin-3′-
d
-glucuronide (
8
), luteolin-7-
O
-β-
d
-glucuronide (
9
), and quercetin-3-
O
-β-
d
-glucuronide (
10
), respectively. The aqueous extract of
S. salsa
can improve the pathological changes of the mice colon and intestinal peristalsis by increasing the rate of gastric emptying and intestinal propulsion. By adjusting the levels of 5-HT, CCK, NT, SS, VIP, GT-17, CHE, MTL, and ghrelin, it can upregulate the levels of c-kit, SCF, and GHRL protein, and restore the imbalanced structure of gut microbiota, further achieve the purpose of treating the syndrome of indigestion. The effect is better with the increase of dose.
Conclusion
S. salsa
has a certain therapeutic effect on mice with the syndrome of indigestion. From the perspective of “brain-gut-gut microbiota”, the mechanism of digestion and accumulation of
S. salsa
was discussed for the first time, which provided an experimental basis for further exploring the material basis of
S. salsa
.
Journal Article