Abstract

MONTES, María de los Angeles. Dime qué tango quieres y te diré quién eres. Trama comun. [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.1, pp.143-161. ISSN 1668-5628.

Popular music represents a place of invaluable importance when it comes to the construction of a narrative identity, particularly, in the field of its reception. Listening to tango, salsa, or the popular music of Córdoba (called "Cuarteto Cordobés) is also a way of telling the world the social place we occupy or, more precisely, in which symbolic place we want to be located, depending on the values we confer to that music. In this paper, I analyze the way in which the choices made in the reception of tango by the dancers of the city of Córdoba are used by these milongueros (social tango dancers) to build their social identities, an appraised image of their own competences, thus of themselves. It is in that very appraisal of their competences where we can find the key to understand their choosing tango (and which tango songs) within a vast range of popular music available. This communication provides an interpretation in socio-discursive key of the reception of tango in Cordoba, crossed through by class, gender, and national identity.

Keywords : Reception; Tango; Competences; Identities; Discourse.

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