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SUMMARY:What Is the Gender of Passion?:  Negotiating Sexuality and Sex Rol
 es in Tango - Dr Emily Bernhard Jackson\, Visiting Fellow\, Wolfson Colleg
 e
DTSTART:20111109T130000Z
DTEND:20111109T140000Z
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CONTACT:Marina Salorio-Corbetto
DESCRIPTION:At its creation\, tango blurred gender boundaries.Men danced w
 ith men to\nbecome good enough to dance with women who were scarce enough 
 to be able to perform the traditionally male activity of choosing (or not\
 nchoosing!) partners. The art thus confused canonical gender\nstratificati
 ons.As it is understood in society at large\, however\, tango\nis associat
 ed with heteronormative sexual roles and traditionally male\ncharacteristi
 cs:passion\, machismo\, intense sexuality.Yet beneath this\nremains gender
  instability:tango as it is danced maintains gender\nfluidity.Moreover\, t
 he issue of gender remains alive in discussions over\nwho may ask whom to 
 dance\, who is worth dancing with.Indeed\, gender\nroles are slowly becomi
 ng a more major issue as Queer Tango is more\nwidely noticed and accepted:
  it seems that tango may be returning to its\nfluid gender roots.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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