Written by a group of flamenco enthusiasts, this book traces the history and development of flamenco, the folk dance created by the gypsies of the Andalusian region of Spain in the 19th century still popular today. It also serves as a guide to the performers and places that maintain the tradition.
This book provides an in-depth ethnographic investigation of the greatly underestimated and under appreciated dynamic contributions of women singers, the cantaoras , to the creation, transmission and innovation of flamenco song. Situating the study of flamenco in the context of social and political currents that have shaped twentieth-century Spain ...
Flamenco has taken the world by storm, with huge crowds experiencing its power. Ironically, though, if the performance is authentic - and much in the tourist trade is not - the uninitiated may find it baffling; the rhythms are exotic and strange, the intensity of feeling startling. Yet for the Andalusians, flamenco has been familiar for a thousand ...
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