{"product_id":"flamenco-conflicting-histories-of-the-dance-9780786439232","title":"Flamenco: Conflicting Histories of the Dance","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Heffner Hayes\u003c\/b\u003e, dancer, choreographer and dance scholar is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Dance at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328221843730,"sku":"9780786439232","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5d6a112-50c4-4790-bbe8-4eb40fc9276f.jpg?v=1727731810","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/flamenco-conflicting-histories-of-the-dance-9780786439232","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}