Argentine Queer Tango - Dance and Sexuality Politics in Buenos Aires

This book analyzes tango, specifically queer tango, and the role of musical practices and bodily expressions in social and cultural transformations in Buenos Aires.

List of contents

Contents
Introduction
Chapter One
Tango awaits you. Revitalization
Chapter Two
Aesthetic Canon and Cultural Matrices of the Modern Body
Chapter Three
Tango that Made me Queer: Gender Activism in Dance Form
Chapter Four
From Tradition to Betrayal: Innovations in Dance Music
Chapter Five
The Mecca of Tango: Buenos Aires and Cultural Globalization
Chapter Six
On the Dance Floor
Afterword
See You on Tuesday
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Mercedes Liska - Translated by Peggy Westwell and Pablo Vila

Summary

This book analyzes tango, specifically queer tango, and the role of musical practices and bodily expressions in social and cultural transformations in Buenos Aires.

Product details

• Authors: Maraia Mercedes Liska, Mercedes Liska, Liska Mercedes
• Assisted by: Pablo Vila (Translation), Vila Pablo (Translation), Peggy Westwell (Translation), Westwell Peggy (Translation)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498538510
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3851-0
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Music, Culture, and Identity i; Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America; Music, Culture, and Identity in Latin America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Rock, Dance, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Argentina, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, Pop Music, Gender studies, gender groups, Popular Music, Argentina;Dance;Music;Queer;Tango