The tango machine
Subtitle: musical culture in the age of expediency
By: Morgan James Luker
Series: Chicago studies in ethnomusicology; Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780226385402; 9780226385549
Subjects: History and criticism; Tangos; Popular music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. On the values of music in expedient Argentina; title: Expedient soundings : the genre culture of contemporary tango music; title: Contemporary tango and the cultural politics of música popular; title: Tango among the nonprofit arts; title: Tango as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity; title: "This is going to be good for all of us" : tango and the cultural industries; title: Conclusion. He sings better every day : musical culture in the age of expediency.