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...tango scholars to define their object of study and you’re likely to get three different answers. For some, it’s a melodic language of nostalgia and loss. For others, it’s the synchrony of two bodies in motion. And for some, it’s a symbol of passion and possession deeply interwoven in structures of social authority. At 3 p.m. this afternoon, the curtain will rise on “Tango! Dance the World Around: Global Transformations of Latin American Culture,” a weekend conference in Radcliffe Yard that will...
...lucrative slackerdom has kept this nonsense near the top of the best-seller lists since May, thanks in part to an eager community of online fans. They apparently have too much time on their hands. The author cites his own improbable rsum--Guinness world-record holder in tango, actor on hit TV series in China and Hong Kong, glycemic-index researcher and shark diver, among other things--to convince readers that luxury and excitement are within anyone's reach. The upshot of his advice? Outsource all your menial work to someone else and think up a clever Web-based...
...TANGO MAKES THREE Two male penguins really did adopt an abandoned chick, but the book about it has been accused of homosexual undertones. BELOVED Toni Morrison's Pulitzer-prizewinning novel about antebellum slavery has been attacked for its depiction of bestiality, racism and sex. SO FAR FROM THE BAMBOO GROVE Based on the Japanese author's WW II-era experiences, the novel is criticized for its hints at rape and domestic abuse...
...country can still be somewhat skittish over certain titles. Accordingly, the American Library Association’s “Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2006” was a children’s picture book about the relationship between two male penguins titled “And Tango Makes Three.” “Typically, in history, censorship has been frivolously and over-extensively applied,” said Lawrence Buell, the Cabot Professor of American Literature. “You look back in a rearview mirror and it’s embarrassing the results. I wouldn?...
...entertainment. On Amazon.com you can browse the children’s books by the “Issues” within them—which range from “Drugs” to “Multiculturalism.” Other books like “And Tango Makes Three” introduce children to important concepts like animal homosexuality, as explored in the true story of two male penguins that mated for life and raised a chick in the New York Central Park Zoo. And yet, personal comfort may still be the biggest draw to the books...