Argentine Tango

Melissa Fitch
THURSDAYS 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
January 30 until April 10, 2014 (no class on March 20 due to UA spring break)
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Argentine Tango

Spring 2014
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THURSDAYS
1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
January 30 until April 10, 2014 (no class on March 20 due to UA spring break)

Location: 

Main Campus

Tuition: 

$195

Forget the rose-in-the-mouth cliché, and discover how tango relates to art, activism, and even therapy. We will analyze films, advertising, theater, poetry, art, documentaries, material culture, digital art forms, and public protests to examine the production, consumption, and diffusion of meaning found in global cultural narratives related to Argentine tango. Students will learn how tango was used to champion women’s rights and modernization in Turkey in the early 20th century, and how Jewish prisoners used it as a symbol of life and endurance during WW II. Participants will explore how tango has merged with Eastern practices and beliefs such as martial arts and Taoism.  One session will focus on the dance itself, including a demonstration and lesson.
 

Required Reading: 

Paz, Alberto and Valerie Hart. Gotta Tango. Human Kinetics, 2007. ISBN-10: 0736056300.

 

Thompson, Robert Farris. Tango: The Art History of Love. Vintage, 2006. ISBN-10: 1400095794.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recommended Reading: 

Winter, Brian. Long After Midnight at the Niño Bien: A Yanqui’s Missteps in  Argentina. PublicAffairs, 2008. ISBN-10: 1586483706.

Meet Your Professor

University Distinguished Professor
Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Melissa A. Fitch is a University Distinguished Professor of Latin American Cultural Studies. Since 2010, she has been researching the mutual cultural influences between the Americas and Asia found in popular culture, film, mass media, social media, and digital culture. Fitch is editor-in-chief of Studies in Latin American Popular Culture and has written three books. She has given presentations on her research in Europe, Asia, and Latin America and was a Fulbright scholar in both India and China.

Location

Poetry Center
Dorothy Rubel Room
1508 E Helen
Tucson, AZ 85721
United States
Located on the SE corner of Helen Street and Vine Avenue, one block north of Speedway and three blocks west of Campbell Ave.

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