How ‘Carmen’ became a flamenco doll. Andalusian women and Spanish folklore in films featuring tourists (1905–1975)

The main aim of this paper is to reveal how the image Andalusian women was fossilised and re-imagined for tourism during a decisive timeframe (1905–1975), wit, Bizet's most well-known heroine became reified embodiment Spanish by turning ‘Carmen’ into highly domesticated folkloric singer, symbolic doll. To understand process showcased in cinemas, sampling 104 films featuring tourists has been analysed using NVivo software, detecting every mention their plots specific categories such as those connected with (Labanyi, J. 2004. Lo andaluz en el cine del franquismo: los estereotipos como estrategia para manejar la contradicción. Sevilla: Centro de Estudios Andaluces. https://www.centrodeestudiosandaluces.es/publicaciones/lo-andaluz-en-el-cine-del-franquismo-los-estereotipos-como-estrategia-para-manejar-la-contradiccion): ‘Spanish Gypsies’ ‘Flamenco World’.A first approach suggests that interrelationship between these intensified 1920s 1930s, period which cinema deliberately used political propaganda filmmakers, being promote tradition lead-up 1929 Ibero-American Exposition Seville. increasing relevance category ‘Andalusian Women’ can also be perceived early Francoism, key evidence concept reification female Gypsy dancer purposes transformation living, standardised souvenir developmentalist period.