The Flamenco Effect

Authenticity, Community and Tradition during the Golden Age

by Ian Biddle

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  • Flamenco, gender, and the ideology of the body

    The study of gender within flamenco has traditionally been overshadowed by a focus on ethnic and class-based marginality. However, the transition of the artform into industrial modernity revealed a rigid patriarchal structure that deeply mediated how male and female bodies were permitted to inhabit the professional space. By examining the Golden Age through the structural…