{"product_id":"flamenco-conflicting-histories-of-the-dance-9780786439232","title":"Flamenco: Conflicting Histories of the Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michelle Heffner Hayes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dance - Folk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This analytical history traces representations of flamenco dance in Spain and abroad from the twentieth century to the present, using histories, film, accounts of live performances, and practitioner interviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Beginning with an analysis of flamenco historiography, the text examines images of the female dancer in films by Luis Bunuel, Carlos Saura, and Antonio Gades; stereotypes of flamenco bodies and Andalusian culture in Prosper Merimee's \u003ci\u003eCarmen;\u003c\/i\u003e and the ways in which contemporary flamenco dancers like Belen Maya and Rocio Molina negotiate the stereotype of Carmen and an idealized Spanish feminine that pervades \"traditional\" flamenco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47610264191127,"sku":"9780786439232","price":2821.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786439232.webp?v=1775062991","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/flamenco-conflicting-histories-of-the-dance-9780786439232","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}