Tango And The Political Economy Of Passion

by Marta E. Savigliano

Book Overview

What is tango? Dance, music, and lyrics of course, but also a philosophy, a strategy, a commodity, even a disease. This book explores the politics of tango, tracing tango's travels from the brothels of Buenos Aires to the cabarets of Paris and the shako dansu clubs of Tokyo. The author is an Argentinean political theorist and a dance professor at the University of California at Riverside. She uses her ?tango tongue? to tell interwoven tales of sexuality,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813316383
• ISBN13: 9780813316383
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"