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8 - Audacious Women: Profiles of Early Cancionistas

from Part II - Tango Song

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2024

By
Romina Dezillio
Edited by
Kristin Wendland  and
Kacey Link
Kristin Wendland
Affiliation:
Emory University, Atlanta
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Summary

Romina Dezillio considers female tango singers’ artistic and social contributions to the professionalization of women within the national and international tango scene. Her study of the consolidation process of the tango cancionista (female tango singer) during the 1930s in Argentina reveals gender-based relationships between the tango canción and Argentine society as she highlights the personal styles and careers of three star cancionistas: Rosita Quiroga (1896–1984), Azucena Maizani (1902–1970), and Libertad Lamarque (1908–2000).

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Women in tangofemale tango singersRosita QuirogaAzucena MaizaniLibertad Lamarque
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The Cambridge Companion to Tango , pp. 133 - 153
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Aimaretti, María. “Sutiles astucias de la voz: potencia y fragilidad en la representación de las cancionistas Libertad Lamarque y Tita Merello en dos films argentinos.” Imagofagia 15 (2017): 1–35.Google Scholar
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Florencia, Calzón Flores. “El sistema de estrellas en Argentina durante los cuarenta y cincuenta: el caso de Tita Merello.” Montajes: Revista de Análisis Cinematográfico, Vol. 2 (2013): 53–73.Google Scholar
Dalbosco, Dulce María. “Préstame tu voz: acerca de la enunciación femenina en las letras de tango.” Chasqui. Revista de literatura latinoamericana XLIV (2015): 180–195.Google Scholar
Dos Santos, Estela. Las mujeres del tango. Buenos Aires: Centro Editor de América Latina, 1972.Google Scholar
Gil Lozano, Fernanda. “Género y representaciones femeninas en el cine sonoro argentino.” In Historia de luchas, resistencias y representaciones. Mujeres en la Argentina, siglo XIX y XX, edited by Bravo, María Celia, Lozano, Fernanda Gil, and Pita, Valeria Silvina, 391–406. San Miguel de Tucumán: Edunt, 2008.Google Scholar
Cecilia, Gil Mariño. El mercado del deseo. Tango, cine y cultura de masas en la Argentina de los ’30. Buenos Aires: Teseo, 2015.Google Scholar
Liska, Mercedes. “Se dice de ‘ella’. Sentidos de género en los discursos biográficos sobre Tita Merello.” Revista Argentina de Musicología 22, no. 1 (2021): 101–144. https://ojs.aamusicologia.ar/index.php/ram/article/view/350.Google Scholar
Ramos López, Pilar. “Escribir hoy sobre la historia, la música y las mujeres.” Música e Investigación 30 (2022): 79–102. https://inmcv.cultura.gob.ar/noticia/musica-e-investigacion-30-2022/.Google Scholar
Venegas, Soledad. “Narrativas de nación: tango y género en los años veinte.” Revista Argentina de Musicología 23, no. 1 (2022): 180–205. https://ojs.aamusicologia.ar/index.php/ram/article/view/402.Google Scholar

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