Flamenco on the global stage : historical, critical and theoretical perspectives / edited by K. Meira Goldberg, Ninotchka Devorah Bennahum and Michelle Heffner Hayes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldberg, K. Meira, editor.

Bennahum, Ninotchka, editor.

Hayes, Michelle Heffner, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flamenco.

Flamenco--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

x, 335 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

"This collection of new essays by flamenco historians, critics and cultural theorists provides an overview of flamenco scholarship, illuminating flamenco's narrative and addressing some of the stereotypes that exist in flamenco studies. The contributors bring new information into flamenco's chronology, offer fresh perspectives on age-old themes and suggest new paradigms for flamenco as a cultural practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Mapping Spanish Dance on the International Stage

Three Centuries of Flamenco: Some Brief Historical Notes / Marta Carrasco Benítez Benítez, Marta Carrasco 23

Ancient Dancers of Cádiz, Puellae Gaditane and Creations of Myth / Kathy Milazzo Milazzo, Kathy 33

Hopeful Futures and Nostalgic Pasts: Explorations into Kathak and Flamenco Dance Collaborations / Miriam Phillips Phillips, Miriam 42

From the Járaca to the Sarabande / Ana Yepes Yepes, Ana 56

Spanish Dance in Europe: From the Late Eighteenth Century to Its Consolidation on the European Stage / Rocáo Plaza Orellana Orellana, Rocáo Plaza 71

Fandangos and Bailes: Dancing and Dance Events in Early California / Anthony Shay Shay, Anthony 81

Hispanomania in Nineteenth Century Dance Theory and Choreography / Claudia Jeschke Jeschke, Claudia, Robert Atwood Atwood, Robert 95

Some Notes Toward a Historiography of the Mid-Nineteenth Century Bailable Español / Kiko Mora Mora, Kiko 103

Antecedents of Carmen in the History of Spanish Dance / Gerhard Steingress Steingress, Gerhard 117

Part II Becoming Flamenco: Gitano Embodiment and Modernist Subjectivity

Jaleo de Jerez and Tumulte Noir: Primitivist Modernism and Cakewalk in Flamenco, 1902-1917 / K. Meira Goldberg Goldberg, K. Meira 124

The First Academy of Flamenco Dance: Frasquillo and the "Broken Dance" of the Gitanos / Clara Chinoy Chinoy, Clara 143

The Critical Reception of Le Tricorne / Joan Acocella Acocella, Joan 157

Purity and Commercialization: The View from Two Working Artists, Pericón de Cádiz and Chato de la Isla / John C. Moore Moore, John C. 166

Carmen Amaya, 1947: The (Gypsy) Beloved of America Reconquers Europe / Montse Madridejos Madridejos, Montse 178

Flamenco: The Real Stories / Brook Zern Zern, Brook 187

Spanish Artists in Love and War, 1913-1945: Meditations on Female Embodiment and Populist Imagination / Ninotchka Devorah Bennahum Bennahum, Ninotchka Devorah 193

Part III Disobedient Bodies: Flamenco in the "New" World

Normative Aesthetics and Cultural Constructions in Flamenco Dance: Female and Gitano Bodies as Legitimizers of Tradition / Cristina Cruces-Roldán Cruces-Roldán, Cristina 210

Las Tocaoras: Women Guitarists and Their Struggle for Inclusion on the Flamenco Stage / Loren Chuse Chuse, Loren 225

Dancing the Ideal Masculinity / Ryan Rockmore Rockmore, Ryan 234

Flamenco in La flor de mi secreto: Re-Appropriation and Subversion in a Film by Pedro Almódovar / Nancy G. Heller Heller, Nancy G. 244

Flamenco Fusion: Cross-Cultural Coalitions and the Art of Raising Consciousness / Jorge Pérez Pérez, Jorge 252

Y Para Rematar: Contemplations on a Movement in Transition / Niurca Marquez Marquez, Niurca 260

Blancenieves, Flamenco and National Identity / William Washabaugh Washabaugh, William 271

Choreographing Contemporaneity: Cultural Legacy and Experimental Imperative / Michelle Heffner Hayes Hayes, Michelle Heffner 280.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786494705

0786494700

OCLC:

919202409