The Tango Machine
eBook - ePub

The Tango Machine

Musical Culture in the Age of Expediency

Morgan James Luker

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Tango Machine

Musical Culture in the Age of Expediency

Morgan James Luker

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

In Argentina, tango isn't just the national music—it's a national brand. But ask any contemporary Argentine if they ever really listen to it and chances are the answer is no: tango hasn't been popular for more than fifty years. In this book, Morgan James Luker explores that odd paradox by tracing the many ways Argentina draws upon tango as a resource for a wide array of economic, social, and cultural—that is to say, non-musical—projects. In doing so, he illuminates new facets of all musical culture in an age of expediency when the value and meaning of the arts is less about the arts themselves and more about how they can be used.Luker traces the diverse and often contradictory ways tango is used in Argentina in activities ranging from state cultural policy-making to its export abroad as a cultural emblem, from the expanding nonprofit arts sector to tango-themed urban renewal projects. He shows how projects such as these are not peripheral to an otherwise "real" tango—they are the absolutely central means by which the values of this musical culture are cultivated. By richly detailing the interdependence of aesthetic value and the regimes of cultural management, this book sheds light on core conceptual challenges facing critical music scholarship today.

Frequently asked questions

How do I cancel my subscription?
Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
Can/how do I download books?
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
What is the difference between the pricing plans?
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
What is Perlego?
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Do you support text-to-speech?
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Is The Tango Machine an online PDF/ePUB?
Yes, you can access The Tango Machine by Morgan James Luker in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Music. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780226385686
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

    Citation styles for The Tango Machine

    APA 6 Citation

    Luker, M. J. (2016). The Tango Machine ([edition missing]). The University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1852761/the-tango-machine-pdf (Original work published 2016)

    Chicago Citation

    Luker, Morgan James. (2016) 2016. The Tango Machine. [Edition missing]. The University of Chicago Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1852761/the-tango-machine-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Luker, M. J. (2016) The Tango Machine. [edition missing]. The University of Chicago Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1852761/the-tango-machine-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Luker, Morgan James. The Tango Machine. [edition missing]. The University of Chicago Press, 2016. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.