Image from Coce

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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Institutional structures of feelingPublisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview, 1995Description: xvii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0813316375
  • 9780813316376
  • 0813316383
  • 9780813316383
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 784.18885 20
LOC classification:
  • GV1796.T3 S28 1995
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tango as a Spectacle of Sex, Race, and Class -- 3. Tango and the Colonizing Gaze -- 4. Scandalizing National Identity -- 5. Exotic Encounters -- 6. From Exoticism to Decolonization -- Glossary -- Notes -- Sources Consulted -- About the Book and Author -- Index.
Review: "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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 784.18885 SAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A454521B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index.

List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tango as a Spectacle of Sex, Race, and Class -- 3. Tango and the Colonizing Gaze -- 4. Scandalizing National Identity -- 5. Exotic Encounters -- 6. From Exoticism to Decolonization -- Glossary -- Notes -- Sources Consulted -- About the Book and Author -- Index.

"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.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha