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- Title
Mujer y ambientes flamencos en Huelva: de los cafés cantantes a la Peña Flamenca Femenina.
- Authors
Arredondo Pérez, Herminia; García Gallardo, Francisco José
- Abstract
In this article we present a vision of women in the flamenco scene in Huelva, stopping in several moments, contexts and scenarios of the city. Since the late nineteenth, time of expansion and commercialization of flamenco, the cafés cantantes and other shows, we locate their participation in the professional field in the role of dancers and singers. Until well into the twentieth century, in the flamenco entertainment and male gathering, the presence of women remains relegated and discredited, while in family and festive environments, such as the Pilgrimage of El Rocío, female experiences have been rich and daily, mainly around the interpretation of fandangos. In this context, thanks to the wide radio broadcasting, competitions and recordings, two female singers from Huelva reached a great projection starting in the sixties: Perlita de Huelva and la Niña de Huelva. However, women continue to be separated from the hermetic flamenco circles, reserved for men. Excluded from the peñas, they initiated a significant collective action in the eighties, the original creation of a Peña Flamenca Femenina, with which they opened a new real and symbolic space for women in society, an exceptional achievement in the flamenco world.
- Subjects
HUELVA (Spain); LA Nina; WOMEN singers; RADIO broadcasting; COLLECTIVE action; TWENTIETH century; FLAMENCO
- Publication
Revista de Investigación sobre Flamenco, 2022, Issue 19, p29
- ISSN
1989-6042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6018/flamenco.546581