2. Relationship with gypsies
The importance of gypsies community
Gypsies are the largest ethnic minority in Andalusia.
They are one of the most marginalized and poorest minority in Spain.
Lorca is one of the first contemporary writers who realizes this.
He started writing about Gypsies ignoring all the bad topics.
3. Relationship with gypsies
oema del Cante Jondo”- 1929
s to transmite the “duende”.
uses on the flamenco music, wants us to know that this art comes from the gypsies.
mpares the gypsy community with a myth.
bes what and how is the true Andalusia.
4. Relationship with gypsies
Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads)- 1928
he most important book of Lorca.
he main topic of this book is the gypsy culture.
consists of eighteen ballads with topics like the night, death...
orca mixes the cult and the popular, refered to Andalusia and the Gypsies.
5. Relationship with gypsies
tano (Gypsy Ballads)- 1928: Plot and characters
and responsiveness.
and sensuality.
ered by the Gypsies by the Guardia Civil.
6. Relationship with gypsies
(police) vs. Gypsies
d situacion of the gypsies: Their authority doesn’t respect them and they feel marginalized.
n the gypsies and the “Guardia Civil” is seen by Lorca as perpetual
7. Relationship with black people
an to interest black people in 1929.
a terrible depression, he travelled to New York to rest.
started to investigate about black people.
8. Relationship with black people
Nella Larsen introduced him to literary circles and cabarets of Harlem.
her, knew black people in New York at that time.
9. Relationship with black people
erico Garcia Lorca on New York was a city very dehumanized and mechanical.
rashes, in 1929.
list empire that denies the dignity of man.
10. Relationship with black people
ork this work makes a critical assessment of this city, regar
11. nship with gypsies and black pe
ences of supporting gypsies and black people
nning of civil war in Spain, Lorca was shot.
minorities was the enemy reason for kill him.
