Tango nuevo /Carolyn Merritt.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue: Travels in tango -- 1. There is no new tango -- 2. Finding tango: from the golden age to the twentieth century -- 3. What's so new about tango nuevo? -- 4. Manejame como un auto (drive me like a car) -- 5. Droga o terapia? (drug or therapy?) -- 6. Locating the tango -- Epilogue: Las vueltas de la vida (life's twists and turns).
An exploration of the evolution of Argentine tango as a dance form focusing on its most recent iterations, including tango nuevo.