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Flamenco

By William Washabaugh

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Flamenco

By William Washabaugh

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Flamenco is renowned for its passion and flamboyance. Yet because it generates such visceral responses, it is often overlooked as a site for subtler discourses. This absorbing book articulates powerful and convincing arguments on such key subjects as ethnicity, irony, authenticity, the body and resistance. Franco's 'politics of original sin' had left its mark on every aspect of Spanish life between 1936 and 1975, and flamenco music was no exception. Although widely portrayed as an apolitical, even frivolous form of entertainment, flamenco is shown here to have played a role in both the strategies of Franco's supporters and of those who opposed him. The author explores how the meaning of flamenco shifts according to the social, cultural and historical contexts within which it appears. In so doing, he demonstrates that flamenco is an ideal subject for analyzing the construction and appropriation of popular culture, given the way in which it was developed for middle-class audiences, converted into grand spectacle, and conscripted to serve political ends.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
230
Release Date:
1996-09-01
Publication Date:
1996-09-01
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1859731716
ISBN13:
9781859731710
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
461 g
Height:
145 cm
Width:
222 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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