Tango and the dancing body in Istanbul / Melin Levent Yuna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yuna, Melin Levent, author.

Series:

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies

Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tango (Dance)--Social aspects--Turkey.

Tango (Dance).

Tango (Dance)--Political aspects--Turkey.

Dance--Religious aspects--Islam.

Dance.

Dancers--Turkey--Attitudes.

Dancers.

Human body--Social aspects--Turkey.

Human body.

Dancers--Attitudes.

Human body--Social aspects.

Politics and government.

Tango (Dance)--Political aspects.

Tango (Dance)--Social aspects.

Turkey--Politics and government--21st century.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

x, 186 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.

Summary:

"Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul explores the expansion of the Argentine tango social dancing among Muslim actors in Turkey, pioneered by Istanbul despite the conservative rule of Justice and Development Party (JDP) and Tayyip Erdoğan. In this book, Melin Levent Yuna questions why a dance that appears to publicly represent an erotic relationship finds space to expand and increase dramatically in the number of contemporary Turkish Muslim tango dancers particularly during a conservative rule. Even during the 2020 covid-19 pandemic tango dance classes, gatherings, and messages flourished on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Zoom. Urban Turkey and its tango dance performances provide one symbol and example of how neoliberal capitalism could go hand in hand with conservatism by becoming a bridge between Europe and Middle East. This study largely focuses on dancers' perspective while presenting the policies of Erdoğan. It presents the social characteristics of the tango dancers, the meanings they attach to their bodies and their dance as well as what this dance reflected about them -- besides the policies of Justice and Development Party. The book approaches the tango dance and its dancing body in terms of layers of meaning systems in a neoliberal and conservative context. This study will be of great interest to students and scholars in dance, anthropology, cultural studies, and performance studies"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Yuna, Melin Levent. Tango and the dancing body in Istanbul

ISBN:

9781032011332

1032011335

9781032011349

1032011343

OCLC:

1250306768

Publisher Number:

99989080896