Tango: Creation of a Cultural Icon
Jo Baim
In Tango: Creation of a Cultural Icon, Jo Baim dispels common stereotypes of the tango and tells the real story behind this rich and complex dance. Despite its exoticism, the tango of this time period is a very accessible dance, especially as European and North American dancers adapted it. Modern ballroom dancers can enjoy a "step" back in time with the descriptions included in this book. Almost as interesting as the history of the tango is the cultural response to it: cities banned it, army officers were threatened with demotion if caught dancing it, clergy and politicians wrote diatribes against it. Newspaper headlines warned that people died from dancing the tango and that it would be the downfall of civilization. The vehemence of these anti-tango outbursts confirms one thing: the tango was a cultural force to be reckoned with!
카테고리:
년:
2007
판:
Annotated Edition
출판사:
Indiana University Press
언어:
english
페이지:
232
ISBN 10:
0253219051
ISBN 13:
9780253219053
파일:
EPUB, 3.35 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2007