Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain

Flamenco Music and National Identity in Spain illustrates the efforts of the current government in southern Spain to establish flamenco music as a significant patrimonial symbol and marker of cultural identity. Further, it aims to demonstrate that these Andalusian efforts form part of the ambitious project of rethinking the nation-state of Spain, and of reconsidering the nature of national identity.

Professor Emeritus William Washabaugh, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.

General Editor's Preface; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Heritage Music; Chapter 2 The Musical Style Called Flamenco; Chapter 3 Indications of Flamenco; Chapter 4 Flamenco Hybridity; Chapter 5 Flamenco Transgressions; Chapter 6 Three Legs; Chapter 7 Autonomous Flamenco; Chapter 8 Flamenco Cinema; Chapter 9 Studio Flamenco; Chapter 10 The Agony of Andalucía; Postscript: UNESCO and Flamenco;