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Neither Virgins nor Whores: Tango Lyrics and Gender Representations in the Tango World
Author(s) -
VILADRICH ANAHÍ
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of popular culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1540-5931
pISSN - 0022-3840
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00234.x
Subject(s) - lyrics , immigration , sociology , gender studies , health care , media studies , social science , political science , law , art , literature
As a typical exponent of a male chauvinist society, the tango— created, manipulated and dominated by males—had (has) on its side, in its center, a zone that can be called as marginal, something like ‘‘a tolerance house’’ (brothel, quilombo or queco to say it in old tango), occupied by women who sung it, danced it, composed it and played (and still sing, dance, compose, and play it) with humbleness, very close to men, depending on their approval (they hire them) while keeping certain independent attitudes when receiving the public applause . . . (Dos Santos, Las Cantantes, 2225)