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 ************************************** Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
