Flamenco

Conflicting Histories of the Dance

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

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.Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-04-07
Mått:152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:290 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786439232

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Michelle Heffner Hayes, dancer, choreographer and dance scholar is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Dance at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

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“an informative contribution to the growing field of flamencology. The author offers a unique approach to the field of study”—Journal of Folklore Research; “meticulous...a great book...the quality of the research and investigation of the subject is awesome”—Books4Spain.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Flamenco’s Exotic Currency 1. DESIRING NARRATIVES: FLAMENCO IN HISTORY AND FILM Conflicting Histories Origin Points Romantic Excursions La Edad de Oro/The Golden Age Transformation Abroad and Tourism at HomePurity and Preservation The Ideology of Flamenco Histories The Desiring Subject A Choreographic In(ter)vention Film Narrative as a Discourse of Desire 2. PURISM, TOURISM AND LOST INNOCENCE Flamenco Bodies: Essence or Effect? International Exposure Model Exotics Paradise Lost The Taint of Tourism 3. IMAGINING ANDALUSIA Divine Inspiration: Origins Reconsidered Passionate Nature: The Academic Appeal of a Universal Humanity Sober Clinicism: Demystifying the Other (Re)discovering the Women in Cante 4. FATAL FILMIC FLAMENCAS The Spectre of Carmen That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Marked: The Character of La Novia in Blood Wedding (1981) Carmen Revisited (1983) Love, the Magician (1986) 5. REALISM REINVENTED The Documentary and Nacionalflamenquismo 124Sevillanas (1992) and Flamenco (1995) Opening Credits (Sevillanas)Opening Credits (Flamenco) The Performances (Sevillanas) The Performances (Flamenco) Sevillanas Flamencas, Sevillanas Gitanas Endings: Sevillanas Endings: Flamenco Flamenco Women (1997) 6. REINTERPRETING THE EXOTIC Calculated Unruliness Strategic Presence Practiced Spontaneity The Dancing Lesson (Anaheim, California, 1995)The Problem of Improvisation/Giving Up the Ghost Rising from the Ashes: Spain’s Position in the New World Order 7. “SOMOS ANTI-GUAPAS”—AGAINST BEAUTY IN CONTEMPORARY FLAMENCOBelén Maya Pastora Galván Rocío Molina Chapter Notes Bibliography Index