Tango : the art history of love /
Robert Farris Thompson.
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
- New York : Vintage Books, 2006, c2005.
- xiv, 360 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-331) and index.
Foreword / by David Byrne -- Overture : Gardel on Avenida Libertador -- Preface : moving with an arm around life -- Tango in Hollywood -- Tango as text -- The cultural preparation -- Habanera : the call of the blood -- Milonga : the great Buenos Aires conversation -- Dancing on the edge : the early tango called Canyengue -- Tango as music -- Tango as dance -- Envoi : El tango / by Robert Colescott.