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Carmen, a Gypsy Geography
Ninotchka Devorah Bennahum
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hardcover. Encounters with the Gypsy female flamenco dancer throughout history Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 812.
The figure of Carmen has emerged as a cipher for the unfettered female artist. Dance historian and performance theorist Ninotchka Bennahum shows us Carmen as embodied historical archive, a figure through which we come to understand the promises and dangers of nomadic, transnational identity, and the immanence of performance as an expanded historical methodology. Bennahum traces the genealogy of the female Gypsy presence 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 ... Read more
The figure of Carmen has emerged as a cipher for the unfettered female artist. Dance historian and performance theorist Ninotchka Bennahum shows us Carmen as embodied historical archive, a figure through which we come to understand the promises and dangers of nomadic, transnational identity, and the immanence of performance as an expanded historical methodology. Bennahum traces the genealogy of the female Gypsy presence 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wesleyan United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780819573537
SKU
V9780819573537
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