Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul

Tango and the Dancing Body in Istanbul explores the expansion of the Argentine tango social dancing among Muslim actors in Turkey, pioneered by Istanbul despite the conservative rule of Justice and Development Party (JDP) and Tayyip Erdöan.

Melin Levent Yuna is a sociologist and a cultural anthropologist at Ac-badem University, teaching various classes on these areas. In addition to her MA in sociology and PhD in cultural anthropology, she is a tango dancer herself, and has had a deep interest in Argentine tango dancing for many years.

Preface Introduction I Concepts and tools: Contemporary self, identity, class, and more A Reintroduction II Leisure, consumption, and class - One mode of being an upper-middle class III Becoming the conteporary tango dancer: Bailemos el Tango IV One mode of being an upper - middle class in Istanbul - Bodies, self, and the attached meanings, Part I V Bodies, self, and the attached meanings, Part II VI Bodies, self, and the attached meanings, Part III Conclusion Index