[Tango-L] Tango Books

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A few suggestions for historical/cultural tango books:

Tango! by Simon Collier, Artemis Cooper, Maria Susanna Azzi and Richard 
Martin. A nice coffee-table book with lots of pictures, in four parts, one by each 
author. Published by Thames and Hudson, NY.
It is still in print (paperback).

Tango, The Art History of Love by Robert Farris Thompson. An excellent book 
on the history, with an emphasis on the African influence in early tango.

Tango and the Political Economy of Passion   by Marta E. Savigliano.   As the 
title implies, this is heavy on capitalist theory, anthropology, feminist 
theory, etc. so it is more like a doctoral thesis than a book about the history 
of the music and the dance. Actually rather boring, depending on what you are 
looking for, but it should satisfy your need for intellectual musings.

There are other good ones, but they are in Spanish. If interested, email me 
for those titles.

cheers,
Charles 


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