Talk: Carmen, the degenerate genres
Artist Pedro G. Romero will analyze the paradox of Carmen in an in-depth lecture tracing its roots from Pushkin's poem The Gypsies – one of the sources of the Carmen myth – to an exploration of language and jargon within Carmen's narrative. Join this talk at the Balie Theatre. Please note: This talk will be in Spanish with live translation into English.
Talk: Carmen, the degenerate genres
The myth of Carmen
The famous fictional character from literature and opera has been rejected by Sevillians, Spaniards, and the Romani as a stereotype, a folkloric reduction, and a tourism-friendly cliché.
Carmen is critiqued in postcolonial studies as an exoticized piece within a system of dominance and marginalization of the Romani, a community seeking to reclaim itself as a political subject.
For these same reasons, Carmen is also an example of the liberation and emancipation of new, late-modern subjectivities, of individuals striving to define themselves beyond inherited markers: those of nationality, race, class, culture, or gender.
Please note: As part of this programme we screen the film Carmen y la libertad in our film hall. You can buy a combi ticket to visit both the talk and the film.
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Talk: Carmen, the degenerate genres
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