Tango and the political economy of passion /
Marta E. Savigliano.
- xvii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Institutional structures of feeling .
- Institutional structures of feeling. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index.
List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Tango as a Spectacle of Sex, Race, and Class -- Tango and the Colonizing Gaze -- Scandalizing National Identity -- Exotic Encounters -- From Exoticism to Decolonization -- Glossary -- Notes -- Sources Consulted -- About the Book and Author -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
"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.
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