ABRAZOS is a publishing house with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany and Córdoba, Argentina; since 1999 it has been publishing books about Tango and Argentina literature in English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. In addition, its founder, Daniel Canuti, teaches, gives shows, and inspiring lectures on tango.
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Books about Tango
Tango Queer Buenos Aires
€16.00Writer: Mariana Docampo
130 pages
All dance spaces (with their traditions, their physical requirements, their gendered performances) can be thought of as political devices for the body and its practices. They are cultural zones where possible forms of life are rehearsed—often in an unconscious way. They set in motion new probable and improbable relationships among bodies.
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Books about Tango
TANGO. An anxious quest for freedom
€20.00Writers: Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel
NEW edition revised and updated
Translated by Martin Harvey, 152 pages with illustrations.
For the first time a literary work on tango dynamics attempts to dialogue about the technical and theoretical aspects of this dance, that is ¨porteña¨, and shows us to the world.
Latest Books
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Out of stockBooks about Tango
The Tango Scene
€18.00The Tango Scene. Swing in
Writter: Sonia Abadi 116 pages. “El bazar de los abrazos”, written by Sonia Abadi, takes us through the world of dancing tango where men and women are the main characters of this universe of dreams and reality. Through its pages we travel to the milonga, “a permament emergency room for those who suffer the lack of tango, life and acquaintances”.
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Out of stockBooks about Tango
Embracing Tango
€18.00Embracing Tango. Techniques and Metaphores between Tango and Life
Writer: Gustavo Benzecry Sabá
160 pages with illustrations and photos
Aesthetics, respect and discipline are some of the concepts Benzecry Sabá has analyzed in depth in this book. In its pages dance is understood as a unity that not only plunges us into pleasure, but also raises our spirits.
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Argentine Literature
Stories for brave children
€15.00Illustrated book for children with refugee or other distressing experiences. For their parents or professionals in the fields of education, social work, and therapy, available in six languages: German / Arabic / Kurdish / Persian / English / Ukrainian.
Author: Romina Tumini 168 color pages printed on 115 gramms paper, fully illustrated by the author’s son.
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Books about Tango
The Quest for the Embrace
€39.00The History of Tango Dance (1800-1983)
Writer: Gustavo Benzecry Sabá
240 pages with illustrations.
In 2009, UNESCO declared the Argentine tango to be part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Preceding this honor, there is a long history of men and women that created the dance, giving form to a way of life.
