Tango and the political economy of passion

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"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.

Author(s): Savigliano, Marta
Series: Institutional structures of feeling
Publisher: Westview Press
Year: 1995

Language: English
Pages: 289
City: Boulder
Tags: Sex in dance;Tango (Dance) -- Social aspects;Tango (Dance) -- Social aspects -- Argentina;Tango -- Aspect social;Tango -- Aspect social -- Argentine;Sexualité dans la danse;Argentina;Sozialgeschichte;Tango;Tango;Seksualiteit;Uitgaansleven;Culturele aspecten;Sociale aspecten;Argentinien;Tango (danse) -- Aspect social -- Argentine;Tango (danse) -- Aspect social;MUSIC / Musical Instruments / General;MUSIC / Printed Music / Band & Orchestra;Dancing -- Sociology;Argentina

Introductions --
Tango as a spectacle of sex, race, and class --
Tango and the colonizing gaze --
Scandalizing national identity --
Exotic encounters --
From exoticism to decolonization.