Links to Papers

Academic papers based on The Queer Tango Image Archive

Below, you will find links to academic papers by Ray Batchelor (or Ray Batchelor in conjunction with Jon Mulholland) based on or relevant to the materials held in the Archive.

The Archive would welcome material from other authors!

“Uncovering the Histories and Pre-Histories of Queer Tango: contextualizing and documenting an innovative form of social dancing” Joint SDHS + CORD Annual Conference, Writing Dancing Writing:  The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, 13-16 November 2014

Text: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283197598_Uncovering_the_Histories_and_Pre-Histories_of_Queer_Tango_Contextualizing_and_Documenting_an_Innovative_Form_of_Social_Dancing

Video: http://youtu.be/I3pmoSP0UUg


“Queer Tango – Bent History? The Late-Modern Uses and Abuses of Historical Imagery Showing Men Dancing Tango with Each Other” – jointly with Dr Jon Mulholland, UWE, Bristol at Muse of Modernity Conference, Senate House, London, 16th Apr 2016

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLXeUQfpsj0


 
“Tango teas, trousers and autonomy: images of women dancing with each other in the early 20thcentury” – PoP MOVES Popular Culture Research Unit, Im/mediate bodies: materiality and mediation in popular culture, Kingston University, London, 15thOctober 2016

Text: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/00gs7MbCw4uENA9mpVyVtRgNA#Kingston_Paper_15_10_2016


“Queer Tango’s ‘Image Problem’: Men, Intimacy and Pictures from the Past” Joint SDHS + CORD Annual Conference, Beyond Authenticity: Pomona College, Claremont, California, USA, 4th November 2016

Text: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312085875_Queer_Tango’s_’Image_Problem’_Men_Intimacy_and_Pictures_from_the_Past