Flamenco: Conflicting Histories of the Dance

by Michelle Heffner Hayes

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.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786439238
• ISBN13: 9780786439232
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher