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- Title
Feminine Mystique in Flamenco.
- Authors
Cervini, Laura
- Abstract
Not so long ago, when I first became interested in flamenco poetry and was studying it from linguistic and cultural points of view, the question of the female image in the verses began to draw my attention. It is a cornerstone of flamenco poetry yet at the same time is full of contradictions. At that time I wanted to define the difference between the singer and the song: the woman who is the exponent of flamenco and the woman who appears in the lyrics. Today, after translating many ‘coplas’ (flamenco lyrics) and having delved more and more deeply into the words and their hidden meanings I have discovered new aspects of the feminine concept in flamenco. There are nuances whose roots are found in many and different ancient cultures. To describe the combination of elements that place woman both at the heart of flamenco and at the borders, I would like to refer to a very interesting definition of the ‘feminine mystique’.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FEMINISM; FLAMENCO; POETRY (Literary form); SOCIETIES
- Publication
Feminist Theology: The Journal of the Britain & Ireland School of Feminist Theology, 2011, Vol 19, Issue 3, p286
- ISSN
0966-7350
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0966735011401307