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Author Thompson, Robert Farris.

Title Tango : the art history of love / Robert Farris Thompson.

Publication Info. New York : Vintage Books, 2006.
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  GV1796.T3 T46 2006    Available  ---
Edition 1st Vintage Books ed.
Description xiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-331) and index.
Contents Foreword / by David Byrne -- Overture : Gardel on Avenida Libertador -- Preface : moving with an arm around life -- Tango in Hollywood -- Tango as text -- The cultural preparation -- Habanera : the call of the blood -- Milonga : the great Buenos Aires conversation -- Dancing on the edge : the early tango called Canyengue -- Tango as music -- Tango as dance -- Envoi : El tango / by Robert Colescott.
Subject Tango (Dance)
Tango (Dance)
Tangos -- History and criticism.
Tangos.
ISBN 1400095794
9781400095797