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Angeles Caidos: Cupletismo y Prostitucion en Barcelona (1880-1936)

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Spanish and Portuguese.
My dissertation focuses on the cuple (a type of risque song interpreted by women) in Barcelona. These shows became very popular, not only because they provided affordable entertainment but also because they offered sicalipsis, an erotic component. Among proletarian women, the profession as cupletistas or singers was very popular although dangerous as it frequently led to the world of prostitution, a situation that many authors denounced in their texts. The sicaliptic or frivolous theatre, also known as genero infimo had an undeniable French influence that was considered immoral, so the was cuple reformed and it became a mirror for the ideas of the Spanish nation. I analyze a corpus of lyrics that offer a view of the different themes portrayed in the cuple and an insight into the role of the cupletista within the rapidly changing society. This dissertation also explores the portrayal, on the part of many authors, of the cupletistas as fallen angels ¿a literary type of woman who has fallen into disgrace and decadence¿ as opposed to the angel of hearth and home, the dominant feminine model during the nineteenth-century.
Salvador García Castañeda (Advisor)
Rebecca Haidt (Committee Co-Chair)
Eugenia Romero (Committee Member)
Aurélie Vialette (Committee Member)
263 p.

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  • Navarro , L. (2015). Angeles Caidos: Cupletismo y Prostitucion en Barcelona (1880-1936) [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1434261401

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Navarro , Laura. Angeles Caidos: Cupletismo y Prostitucion en Barcelona (1880-1936). 2015. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1434261401.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Navarro , Laura. "Angeles Caidos: Cupletismo y Prostitucion en Barcelona (1880-1936)." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1434261401

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)