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Flamenco: Conflicting Histories of the Dance

Flamenco: Conflicting Histories of the Dance

Paperback

Dance

ISBN10: 0786439238
ISBN13: 9780786439232
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Apr 7 2009
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This analytical history traces representations of flamenco dance in Spain and abroad from the twentieth century to the present, using histories, film, accounts of live performances, and practitioner interviews.

Beginning with an analysis of flamenco historiography, the text examines images of the female dancer in films by Luis Bunuel, Carlos Saura, and Antonio Gades; stereotypes of flamenco bodies and Andalusian culture in Prosper Merimee's Carmen; and the ways in which contemporary flamenco dancers like Belen Maya and Rocio Molina negotiate the stereotype of Carmen and an idealized Spanish feminine that pervades traditional flamenco.

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