Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas – Plastic Books
Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas – Plastic Books
Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas – Plastic Books
Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas – Plastic Books
Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas – Plastic Books
Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas – Plastic Books
Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas – Plastic Books

Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas

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VALERIA VEGAS
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Pages
304 pp.
Language
Spanish
Publisher
Aguilar
Year
2025
ISBN
9788403524972
Dimensions
15.2 x 1.8 x 23.0 cm
Written by
Valeria Vegas

Journalist Valeria Vegas creates in this beautiful book an emotional, fun, and full of surprises and anecdotes portrait of the main women who, against all odds, have built one of our essential identity markers over the last century: flamenco folklore.

They are the voice of our musical culture, they "españolearon" around the world, and lived thrilling lives in difficult times—brave, talented, and... so flamenco.

Questioned, undervalued, and often unfairly forgotten, our folkloric women are volcanic by nature, who sang and lived love and drama like no one else. Their stories, in times when being female was not an advantage, show that they were clever, managed to control their lives, and were ahead of their time while building our most international cultural legacy, becoming some true stars of cinema and music, and connecting with the great intellectual figures of their era.

Flamenco folklore has been disparaged for decades due to its apparent closeness to the Regime and its somewhat outdated image; however, through the history of its leading women from the early 20th century to today, journalist Valeria Vegas seeks to do justice and show how much we owe to all of them and how brave they were. Through the sharp insight and the ironic yet affectionate gaze of its author, we will learn the anecdotes, curiosities, and everything that made this unique and pioneering group of women so special—whether we like it or not, they are our heritage and culture, our history and our brand.

"This is not a manual for flamencologists, purists, or scholars, who might from the start question the vindication of some of them, but rather a review of the life and work of twenty-seven women who stood out in copla and national folklore. They were the soundtrack of a changing country, in continuous transformation, expressing the rawest emotions and the most passionate feelings. The figure of the folkloric woman reaches us today in the form of an emoji and a fridge magnet, as clear evidence of her impact on the collective imagination. A hallmark of a Spain that recognized itself in them, they were also the unavoidable reference for any respectable foreigner passing through here. And if not, they went to the country in question to show their talent, and as one said, 'españolear por el mundo.' Backed by sharp lyricists and composers, they performed with passion songs about heartbreak, secret affairs, incurable sorrows, unconfessable secrets, and various torments. They also delighted audiences with humorous songs that ironized on singleness, age, marriage, or women's freedom. In short, they gave voice and attitude to what many people thought, dreamed, or desired, and these women, many of humble origin and sometimes nearly illiterate, proved to have the talent necessary for evocation, in the difficult art of storytelling." – Valeria Vegas

Title
Tan flamencas: Vida, obra y milagros de nuestras folclóricas
Author
Valeria Vegas
Publisher
Aguilar
Year
2025
Language
Español
Pages
304 pp.
Binding
Soft
ISBN
9788403524972
Categories
Música folclórica y tradicional , Historia de la música y crítica , Hechos reales
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