[Tango-L] Origins

[Andy Ungureanu]

Hi Konstantin

Am 18.07.2007 19:29 schrieb Konstantin Zahariev :
> In regards to biases and prejudices influencing the narrative, it
> seems quite self-evident now that (1) tango originated with the
> working classes, 
>
What makes you believe, it was the "working" class? I rather believe 
someone working 10-12 hours a day as usual at the end of the 18th 
century cannot spend too much time hanging around and dancing. It was 
certain the lower class, but it is more likely they were not working, 
unless you define any kind of money earning as work, not much difference 
today in BA, where you see the same guys night after night in all 
milongas from 0 to 5 am. You see people with ordinary daylight jobs only 
at the weekend and maybe once between Mo and Fr.
I don't believe it is useful to describe tango history in terms of 
marxist dialectic.

Andy