Dancing Tango: Passionate Encounters in a Globalizing World

by Kathy Davis

Book Overview

Argentinean tango is a global phenomenon. Since its origin among immigrants from the slums of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, it has crossed and re-crossed many borders.Yet, never before has tango been danced by so many people and in so many different places as today. Argentinean tango is more than a specific music and style of dancing. It is also a cultural imaginary which embodies intense passion, hyper-heterosexuality, and dangerous exoticism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814760716
• ISBN13: 9780814760710
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"