Carmen, a Gypsy Geography /

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Encounters with the Gypsy female flamenco dancer throughout history. The author traces the genealogy of the presence of the Romani woman in her iconic operatic role from her genesis in the ancient Mediterranean world, her emergence as flamenco artist in the architectural spaces of Islamic Spain, her...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bennahum, Ninotchka
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Romanies > Social life and customs.
Romanies.
Flamenco.
ART > Reference.
ART > Performance.
Flamenco > Aspect social > Espagne.
Flamenco > Espagne.
Tsiganes > Espagne.
Tsiganes > Moeurs et coutumes.
Tsiganes > Culture materielle.
Carmen (Personnage fictif) > Historiographie.
Flamenco > Social aspects > Spain.
Flamenco > Spain.
Romanies > Spain.
Romanies > Mediterranean Region.
Romanies > Material culture.
Carmen (Fictitious character) > Historiography.
Spain.
Mediterranean Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical Introduction
  • Inventing Carmen : Prosper Merimee and the Gypsy Presence in Western Europe
  • Georges Bizet and the Genealogy of Carmen
  • Mythic Space and Ancient Carmen
  • The Gypsy Inside and Outside of History
  • Gypsies in the Dance Cafes of the Islamic Mediterranean
  • Picasso, the Bull, and Carmen
  • Space and Place in Islamic Spain : The Archeology of Flamenco
  • Carmen, a Close Reading of a Nomadic Opera.

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