Carnival and culture : sex, symbol, and status in Spain /

Each year in the weeks preceding the deprivations of Lent, the Andalusian region of southern Spain erupts into madcap depravity, during a February carnival of riotous celebration. Carnival features subversive songs, burlesques and skits, transvestite parades, and public persecution of communal offen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilmore, David D., 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1998]
Temas:
Carnival > Spain > Andalusia.
Sex role > Spain > Andalusia.
Carnavals > Espagne > Andalousie.
Rôle selon le sexe > Espagne > Andalousie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Carnival.
Manners and customs.
Sex role.
Carnaval.
Copla's.
Sekserol.
Sociale status.
Anthropology.
Social Sciences.
Manners & Customs.
Andalusia (Spain) > Social life and customs.
Andalousie (Espagne) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Spain > Andalusia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Carnival in Spain
  • 3. Carnival, Ritual, and the Anthropologists
  • 4. Woman Degraded: Chirigota Satires
  • 5. Woman Redeemed: Estudiantil Laments
  • 6. Macho Man and Matriarch
  • 7. Who Wears the Pants?
  • 8. Up and Down: The Geometry of Sex
  • 9. Here and There: The Geography of Sex
  • 10. The Mayete as Carnival Caricature
  • 11. Copla Politics: Ideology and Counterpoint
  • 12. Bars, Bards, and Bawds
  • 13. Carnival Evolving
  • 14. Conclusions: Meanings of Carnival, Carnivals of Meaning.

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