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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788323303321

Autore

Bennahum Ninotchka

Titolo

Carmen, a gypsy geography [[electronic resource] /] / Ninotchka Devorah Bennahum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, [2013]

ISBN

0-8195-7354-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

700/.451

Soggetti

Carmen (Fictitious character) - Historiography

Romanies - Material culture

Romanies - Social life and customs

Romanies - Mediterranean Region

Romanies - Spain

Flamenco - Spain

Flamenco - Social aspects - Spain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Carmen A GYPSY GEOGRAPHY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Theoretical Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Inventing Carmen: Prosper Mérimée and the Gypsy Presence in Western Europe; CHAPTER TWO Georges Bizet and the Genealogy of Carmen; CHAPTER THREE Mythic Space and Ancient Carmen; CHAPTER FOUR The Gypsy Inside and Outside of History; CHAPTER FIVE Gypsies in the Dance Cafés of the Islamic Mediterranean; CHAPTER SIX Picasso, the Bull, and Carmen; CHAPTER SEVEN Space and Place in Islamic Spain: The Archeology of Flamenco

CHAPTER EIGHT Carmen, a Close Reading of a Nomadic OperaAppendix; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Encounters with the Gypsy female flamenco dancer throughout history