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Tango : creation of a cultural icon / Jo Baim.
Van Pelt Library GV1796.T3 B34 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baim, Jo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tango (Dance)--Social aspects--History.
- Tango (Dance).
- Tango (Dance)--Social aspects.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- A look into the cultural history of the most popular and seductive dance to come out of Latin America
- Contents:
- The origins of the tango
- Europe and the United States discover the tango
- Argentina reclaims its native dance
- Tango music
- Tangos in waltz time
- The tango in the world of art music
- Appendix 1. Tango steps, 1911-1925
- Appendix 2. A sampling of New York Times article titles on the tango, 1911, 1913, and 1914.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780253348852
- 0253348854
- 9780253219053
- 0253219051
- OCLC:
- 76794842
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