| Journal: | Religiao & sociedade |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000326308 |
| ISSN: | 0100-8587 |
| Authors: | Carozzi, María Julia1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales, San Martín, Buenos Aires. Argentina |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Season: | Jul |
| Volumen: | 29 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 126-145 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| English abstract | The article explores and criticizes the relations between initiation, secret and sacred knowledge -concepts that in terms of performance theory are translated respectively as the training or performers, the relationships linking what is shown and what is not shown, and the acquisition of competence- in the context of tango lessons in Buenos Aires. Knowing how not know to dance is a central part of the performative competence acquired by women attending those classes. Under the light of concepts outlined by Michael Taussig (1999) in Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labor of the Negative the "not knowing" how to dance tango by women is interpreted as a sacred ignorance that preserves the magic powers of the tango and the place of men as the sole creators of women's mobility |
| Portuguese abstract | Este trabalho explora e problematiza as relações entre iniciação, segredo e saber sagrado – questões que em termos da perspectiva da performance se traduzem respectivamente como preparação dos perfomers, dialética entre o que se mostra e o que não se mostra e a aquisição de competência performática – nas aulas de tango milongueiro em Buenos Aires. À luz dos conceitos propostos por Michael Taussig (1999) em Defacement: Public Secrecy and the Labour of the Negative o "não saber" dançar o tango por parte das mulheres se interpreta como uma ignorância sagrada que preserva a magia do tango e o lugar dos homens como únicos geradores do movimento feminino |
| Disciplines: | Antropología |
| Keyword: | Etnología y antropología social, Rituales de iniciación, Representaciones, Tango, Movimiento corporal, Baile, Mujeres, Hombres, Creación, Argentina |
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