Tango And The Political Economy Of Passion

by Marta Savigliano

Overview

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. It is an important contribution in the fields of cultural studies, Latin American studies, and women-of-color feminism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367318130
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marta E. Savigliano is assistant professor of dance history and theory at the University of California at Riverside.

Table of Contents

1 Introductions, 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