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Author Bennahum, Ninotchka

Title Carmen : a Gypsy Geography / Ninotchka Devorah Bennahum
Published Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 269 pages)
Contents Theoretical Introduction -- Inventing Carmen : Prosper Mérimée 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 Cafés 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
Summary 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 persistent manifestation in Picasso, and her contemporary relevance on stage. This many-layered geography of the Gypsy dancer provides the book with its unique nonlinear form that opens new pathways to reading performance and writing history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Carmen (Fictitious character) -- Historiography
Romanies -- Material culture
Romanies -- Social life and customs
Romanies -- Mediterranean Region
Romanies -- Spain
Flamenco -- Spain
Flamenco -- Social aspects -- Spain
ART -- Performance.
ART -- Reference.
Flamenco
Romanies
Romanies -- Social life and customs
Mediterranean Region
Spain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780819573544
081957354X