| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Carnival in Spain -- 3. Carnival, Ritual, and the Anthropologists -- 4. Woman Degraded: Chirigota Satires -- 5. Woman Redeemed: Estudiantil Laments -- 6. Macho Man and Matriarch -- 7. Who Wears the Pants? -- 8. Up and Down: The Geometry of Sex -- 9. Here and There: The Geography of Sex -- 10. The Mayete as Carnival Caricature -- 11. Copla Politics: Ideology and Counterpoint -- 12. Bars, Bards, and Bawds -- 13. Carnival Evolving -- 14. Conclusions: Meanings of Carnival, Carnivals of Meaning |
| Summary |
Each year in the weeks preceding the deprivations of Lent, the Andalusian region of southern Spain erupts into madcap depravity, during a February carnival of riotous celebration. Carnival features subversive songs, burlesques and skits, transvestite parades, and public persecution of communal offenders, along with mournful elegies and heartfelt panegyrics. In this lively book, anthropologist David D. Gilmore, while exploring the meanings of Andalusian carnival, focuses particular attention on the songs, or coplas. He offers translations of many of these carnival productions and mines the rich vein of oral literature for a new understanding of the ways in which the Andalusian people interpret and negotiate their world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-240) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Carnival -- Spain -- Andalusia
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Sex role -- Spain -- Andalusia
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
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Carnival
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Manners and customs
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Sex role
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Carnaval.
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Copla's.
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Sekserol.
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Sociale status.
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Anthropology.
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Social Sciences.
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Manners & Customs.
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| SUBJECT |
Andalusia (Spain) -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Spain -- Andalusia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
98016185 |
| ISBN |
9780300143942 |
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030014394X |
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