Paper $25.00 ISBN: 9781780231075 Published July 2013 For sale in North and South America only

Tango

Sex and Rhythm of the City

Mike Gonzalez and Marianella Yanes

Mike Gonzalez and Marianella Yanes

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216 pages | 30 halftones | 5 4/5 x 8 1/4 | © 2013
Paper $25.00 ISBN: 9781780231075 Published July 2013 For sale in North and South America only
Born on the unlit streets of Buenos Aires, tango was inspired by the music of European immigrants who crossed the ocean to Argentina, lured by the promise of a better life. It found its home in the city’s marginal districts, where it was embraced and shaped by young men who told stories of prostitutes, petty thieves, and disappointed lovers through its music and movements. Chronicling the stories told through tango’s lyrics, Mike Gonzalez and Marianella Yanes reveal in Tango how the dance went from slumming it in the brothels and cabarets of lower-class Buenos Aires to the ballrooms of Paris, London, Berlin, and beyond.
 

Tracing the evolution of tango, Gonzalez and Yanes set its music, key figures, and the dance itself in their place and time. They describe how it was not until Paris went crazy for tango just before World War I that it became acceptable for middle-class Argentineans to perform the seductive dance, and they explore the renewed enthusiasm with which each new generation has come to it. Telling the sexy, enthralling story of this stylish and dramatic dance, Tango is a book for casual fans and ballroom aficionados alike.

Glasgow Herald
“The authors follow the dance through its increased sophistication with the incorporation of the accordion, its subsequent fashionability in Paris, London, and New York and its connection with the political turbulence of 20th-century Argentina. Highly informative, and peppered with lyrics to illustrate their points.”
Contents

Prologues

 

1. Strangers in the City

2. A City Divided

3. Tango Goes to Paris

4. Tango Finds Its Voice

5. Gardel and the Golden Age

6. The Dying of the Light

7. Astor Piazzola and Tango Nuevo

8. The Long Road Home

 

Chronology

References

Select Bibliography

Discography and Filmography

Acknowledgements

Copyright AcknowledgementsIndex

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