The Soul of Spain? Flamenco and the Construction of National Identity, 1800-1975

FAIN: FB-54975-10

Sandie Holguin
University of Oklahoma, Norman (Norman, OK 73019-3003)

My book project, The Soul of Spain: Flamenco and the Construction of National Identity, 1800-1975, will analyze how flamenco shaped Andalusians', Spaniards', and foreigners' sense of Spanish national identity from the early nineteenth century to the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. Flamenco is a complex art form, which incorporates poetry, singing, guitar, and dance, all humanistic enterprises. Therefore, I am exploring flamenco and national identity in an interdisciplinary way, borrowing approaches from history, literature, folklore, dance, and musicology. I will capture the complexity of flamenco's history by relying on methods and theory derived from cultural and intellectual history and the history of tourism.

Associated Products

Flamenco Nation: The Construction of Spanish National Identity (Book)
Title: Flamenco Nation: The Construction of Spanish National Identity
Author: Sandie Holguin
Abstract: How did flamenco-a song and dance form associated with both a despised ethnic minority in Spain and a region frequently derided by Spaniards-become so inexorably tied to the country's culture? Sandie Holguin focuses on the history of the form and how reactions to the performances transformed from disgust to reverance over the course of two centuries.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/title/flamenco-nation-the-construction-of-spanish-national-identity/oclc/1074188041&referer=brief_results
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780299321802
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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