#flamenco-effect

The performance spaces of flamenco have always been deeply intertwined with the material realities of Spanish politics and capital. The transition from the late nineteenth-century café cantante to the mid-twentieth-century tablao represents a deliberate restructuring of cultural production. By examining the political economy of the tablao, we uncover the mechanisms through which the regime of…

The study of flamenco in the twenty-first century involves navigating a complex landscape of historical and institutional mediators. Central to this inquiry is what I call the “Flamenco Effect”. This is a term that captures evidential traces of flamenco’s agency, its ability to impact technoscapes and affective regimes. The concept serves as a foundational framework in my book for analysing how…