Carnival and Culture
Sex, Symbol, and Status in Spain
by David D. Gilmore
244 pages· 1998· ISBN 9780300074802
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An exploration of the meanings of the Andalusian carnival, focusing in particular on the songs, or coplas. The author offers translations of many of these carnival productions, and contends that they are less about revolution or politics, than about the ambivalence of all human feeling.
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