ENGLISH

Tango and the political economy of passion

By Marta , Savigliano

Book information

Publisher
Westview Press
Year
1995
ISBN
9780429497001, 0429497008, 9780429965555, 0429965559, 9780429976636, 0429976631
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13378629 bytes)
Series
Institutional structures of feeling
Pages
289\308
Topic
History
Time added
2019-07-07 00:02:34
Sex in dance;Tango (Dance) -- Social aspects;Tango

Description

"Innovative historical study of the dance and musical lyrics of Tango. Interweaves tales of sexuality, gender, race, class, and national identity to examine relations between machismo, colonialism, and commodification as manifested in expressive culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. Introductions -- Tango as a spectacle of sex, race, and class -- Tango and the colonizing gaze -- Scandalizing national identity -- Exotic encounters -- From exoticism to decolonization.

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