This book investigates the popularity and success of contemporary women performers in bullfighting culture which has been framed by a discourse of traditionalist masculinity This examination of the changing situation of women in the bullfighting world is used to explore the ways in which gender is represented enacted and negotiated in contemporary Spain The bullfight in the 1990s is in an ambiguous position it is a traditional performance in a changing consumer society In order to survive it needs to adapt itself to a wider social context and in particular to international media coverage It is in this context that the current success of women performers is located However women performers are a contested phenomenon in the bullfighting world there is heated debate over their acceptability much of which focuses on the body Moreover the entry of women into the bullfight questions existing definitions of the sport s ritual structure and of gender relations in Spain Thoroughly researched and compelling to read Women and Bullfighting addresses these issues and argues that existing traditionalist approaches to gender bullfighting and ritual in Spain need to be revised in order to locate women bullfighters in the context of a richly varied culture w
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El baile flamenco es un disciplina poco estudiada hasta el momento. Hay textos sobre temas concretos y biografías de algunos nombres importantes, pero poco más. Faltaba una historia global del tema, la historia que nos diera informacion razonada y suficiente de todo lo ocurrido en tan bello arte, desde los tiempos de los miticos bailes de candil hasta ahora mismo. Los largos años que ha dedicado a la critica e investigacion, han permitido a Angel Alvarez Caballero llenar un importante vacio en la bibliografia flamenca. El baile flamenco, seña de identidad española en muchos paises donde se le conoce bien, y probablemente la faceta de lo jondo que mas se ha universalizado gracias a su enorme poder de fascinacion, se halla hoy en un momento sumamente interesante, en el que jovenes figuras exploran constantemente nuevos caminos de expresion que no son aceptados sin reparos por los mas ortodoxos. En cualquier caso es un mundo creativo en ebullicion, tremendamente actiVo y que sin duda tiene aun una muy larga historia por contar.
Aunque las obras del género chico no fueron concebidas para perdurar, sino que nacieron como resultado de la aparición de los teatros por horas y su demanda de obras cortas para distracción de las nuevas clases sociales, la popularidad que han alcanzado algunas de ellas no ha cedido con el tiempo. Esta edicion recoge las cuatro obras que, segun los criticos, representan la cumbre del genero y su periodo de maximo esplendor, entre los años 1886 y 1897: La Gran Via, La verbena de la Paloma, La Revoltosa y Agua, azucarillos y aguardiente. Fernando Domenech Rico realiza en su introduccion un analisis del genero bajo todos los aspectos: sociologico, historico, cultural; actores, escenografos y autores.
Martha Graham, the American dancer, teacher, and choreographer, revolutionized the world of modern dance. She possessed a great gift for revealing emotion through dance, expressing beliefs and telling stories in an utterly new way. Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman documents Martha Graham''s life from her birth in 1894 to her final dance performance at the age of seventy-five and continued career as a choreographer until her death in 1991. Graham''s own recollections as well as those of her dancers, students, friends, and lovers reveal Graham''s unwavering dedication, her extraordinary sense of artistry, and the fierce intensity that left an impression on all who saw her perform. Original research based on interviews and a remarkable collection of photographs not widely reproduced give this biography a rare and unparalleled depth. Includes notes,a bibliography, and an index. A photo-biography of the American dancer, teacher, and choreographer who was born in Pittsburgh in 1895 and who became a leading figure in the world of modern dance. Freedman (Lincoln; Eleanor Roosevelt; Franklin Delano Roosevelt) once again animates American history through biography; here he adds culture to the mix as he chronicles the inspiring life of legendary dancer Martha Graham. The venerable author hooks readers in immediately with his description of young Martha learning to move her body by watching a lion pace from one side of its cage to the other. Freedman then seamlessly charts the fiery, passionate Graham''s rise from a 19-year-old "homely, overweight" dance student to principal dancer to teacher to the creator of modern dance. The biography points up Graham''s commitment to a "uniquely American style of dance," focusing on such works as Frontier, an homage to her ancestral roots, and Appalachian Spring, for which she collaborated with composer Aaron Copland. Freedman acknowledges that the dancer''s sources of inspiration and consolation came from other American artists: writer Emily Dickinson (the source of Graham''s work Acts of Light) and composer Scott Joplin (Maple Leaf Rag was her last complete work), among them. Her passions were not circumscribed to her work; she also took stands on tough political issues, both in her dance (e.g., Deep Song, 1937, which &quo
