This monograph, based upon research done in Andalusia with special reference to Granada and the Sacro Monte during the years 1959-1970, is a scholarly contribution to anthropological studies. It is all the more valuable because it analyzes the life of the sedentary Gypsies of the Sacro Monte at the crucial moment of transition between pre-Civil War Granada and the Granada of recent years.
Author(s): Bertha B. Quintana, Lois Gray Floyd, Walter F. Starkie
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: Waveland
Year: 1986
Language: English
Commentary: scantailor made
Pages: 148
City: Prospects Heights, Illinois
Tags: andalusia;granada;flamenco;cante jondo;quegitanogypsies0000quin_p2q9
¡QUÉ GITANO! Gypsies of Southern Spain
Foreword: About the Authors
Introduction by Walter F. Starkie
Acknowledgments
Contents
Overview
Why Study Gypsies?
How Do You Get in?
Once in, Then What?
Following the Patrin
The Unsolved X
1. The Gitanería
2. Gypsies in Andalusia
What Is a Gypsy?
Movement into Spain
Social and Political Climate of Fifteenth-Century Andalusia
The Gypsy in Spanish Law
Early Gypsy Culture Contacts in Andalusia
The Gypsy Ethos
3. Themes in Traditional Gypsy Culture
Gypsy Pride
“The Eyes Sing to Me of the Person”
“Cousin—You Are as Gypsy as the Ribs of God”
Preeminence of Gypsy Law
"The Gypsy Woman Never Cheats”
Gypsy Loyalty
"No Fair Tearing Clothes or Mentioning Mothers”
Gypsy Freedom
Gypsy Fatalism
4. Gypsy Deep Song
Theories of Origin
Form of Deep Song
General Musical Characteristics
Artifacts
The Learning and Nature of Deep Song
Meaning of Deep Song
General Mood
Deep Song Motifs
Use of Deep Song
Entertainment
The Life Crises
Function of Deep Song
Cultural Regard for Deep Song
5. The Gypsy “Way”
Gypsy Catholicism
By Rote, by Faith, by Tradition
“That's Why We Are Gypsies”
La Capitana
“My Life and Health Are Stuck to the Walls”
“He Cast His Eye upon Me”
“To Carry Their Homes Well”
“That's the Way We Are, Different from You”
6. Children of the Sacro Monte
“Just a Little Schooling”
Las Escuelas del Ave-María
"I Wish …,I Wish”
"If I Were the Government …”
“The Babies Come Out Dancing”
7. Patrins of Change
"You Will Eat, But You Will Not Work”
“After That Meeting with the Pope…”
"While the Mothers Look for Life…”
"We Make League Even with Dogs”
“Mal Tiempo”
American Culture: A Gypsy View
8. Pulling It Off
The Gypsy as a Creature of Culture
The Gypsy as a Carrier of Culture
The Gypsy as Creator/ Manipulator of Culture
Glossary
References
Recommended Readings
