This book explores the transnational connections that inform the large diversity of musical traditions from the U.S.-Mexico border while keeping an eye on their powerful local significance, in an attempt to redefine notions like "border," "nation," "migration," and "diaspora." Forthcoming. 9780252034091, Olga Najera-Ramirez, Norma E. Cantu, and Brenda M. Romero/Dancing across Borders. Danzas y Bailes Mexicanos, $80, University of Illinois Press, 2009.