On Song, Dance and Guitar Playing among the Inmigrants. Sociability in the Flamenco Circle in Belgium, 1956-1975 ; De cante, baile y toque en la emigración. Sociabilidad en torno al flamenco en Bélgica, 1956-1975

From the end of the 1950s onwards, numerous workers emigrated from Spain to Belgium. Many of them took flamenco music and dance practice with them as a means of relating to one another at gatherings, parties and other spaces for sociability. Soon, this form of expression became emblematic and constituted a powerful medium to maintain bonds between the emigrants, but it was also an instrument for integration into local society, as well as a source of economic resources. A dense network of restaurants, bars and associations run by Spaniards were formed, in which flamenco played a significant rol... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Ruiz-Morales, Fernando C.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Verlag/Hrsg.: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Schlagwörter: Sociability / Flamenco / Emigration / Identities / Sociabilidad / Emigración / Identidades
Sprache: Spanish
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28540184
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From the end of the 1950s onwards, numerous workers emigrated from Spain to Belgium. Many of them took flamenco music and dance practice with them as a means of relating to one another at gatherings, parties and other spaces for sociability. Soon, this form of expression became emblematic and constituted a powerful medium to maintain bonds between the emigrants, but it was also an instrument for integration into local society, as well as a source of economic resources. A dense network of restaurants, bars and associations run by Spaniards were formed, in which flamenco played a significant role. This paper describes this process up to the end of Franco’s regime and outlines the main components related with sociability based around flamenco within this context. ; Desde finales de los años cincuenta emigran a Bélgica numerosos trabajadores procedentes de España. Muchos llevan consigo el flamenco como forma de relación en reuniones, fiestas y otros espacios de sociabilidad. Pronto esta forma expresiva se convirtió en emblemática y constituyó un poderoso medio para el mantenimiento de vínculos entre los emigrantes, pero también un instrumento para la integración en la sociedad local, así como una fuente de recursos económicos. Se formó una densa red de restaurantes, bares y asociaciones regentados por españoles, en los que el flamenco tuvo un papel de gran relevancia. En este artículo se describe ese proceso hasta el final del franquismo, y se exponen los principales componentes relacionados con la sociabilidad en torno al flamenco en ese contexto.