Tango: The Art History of Love

It's thick in detail, which is suitable for the serious student of the history of dance, and especially of tango. It's also evocative of the emotional and artistic elements of the dance. It weaves together the forced migration of African natives, their cultural traditions in dance, and how both poets and musicians joined with the African sources of dance rhythms and sensuality to create in Argentina the art known as Tango--the ultimate dance of sensual duality.

l' autore, uno scienziato di etnologia, che nel ricostruite la diaspora africana, ci offre un simbolismo da comprendere, sia sul ballo, che sulle origini del tango, una parola africana che evoca socialità e aggregazione. la parte africana del tango riportata alla luce,e resa fruibile a tutti. Un libro storico di aiuto alla comprensione del Tango Argentino.

This is the book I thought I was going to get when buying Christine Dennistons book. Sadly no. I cannot praise this book enough, so I won't try. Buy it, read it and know how Tango is the creation of the blacks and European immigrants who lived in South America. Without whom Tango would not exist. Such a shame that so few blacks now dance Tango and that Argentina is so white. Thank you Mr Thompson and thank you to every black occupant of South America for dancing with such joy. I'm sorry it's become so snobby, stiff and sterile. Oh, and if you think you dance 'traditional' Tango......well you don't.

Repetitive. Stories here and there, no structure. Confusing. I was expecting a book on the history of tango and African influence. I would not recommend it.

I love Argentine Tango .. very informative book, if you love tango read it.