ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the routes of salsa into Britain and concentrates on the movement of salsa as a marketable category from the Caribbean and New York City to London. It traces the routes of salsa into London and highlights how music industries have influenced the development of a local salsa scene. The chapter considers how clubs have come to occupy specific geographical locations and how each club communicates a particular type of Latinness. It discusses how club owners, promoters and disc jockeys construct and communicate the identity of the clubs whilst positioning themselves against or amongst existing clubs. The chapter focuses on the routes and routines being created by participants, bringing in dancers' voices and considering how participants create spatial movements across the salsa clubs whilst contributing to the creation of different networks of clubs. It discusses the various elements through which relations of power develop from within and between the different types of salsa clubs.
