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Tango and the political economy of passion / Marta E. Savigliano.

Title
Tango and the political economy of passion / Marta E. Savigliano.
Author
Savigliano, Marta.
Publication
Boulder : Westview Press, 1995.

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John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection) the
Description
xvii, 289 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"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.
Series Statement
Institutional structures of feeling
Uniform Title
  • Anthropology online.
  • Institutional structures of feeling.
Subject
  • Sex in dance
  • Tango (Dance) > Social aspects > Argentina
  • Tango (Dance) > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introductions -- Tango as a spectacle of sex, race, and class -- Tango and the colonizing gaze -- Scandalizing national identity -- Exotic encounters -- From exoticism to decolonization.
ISBN
  • 0813316383 (pbk.)
  • 0813316375
LCCN
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Owning Institutions
Harvard Library