Galicia’s voice Ana Kiro, reception and national identity
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2021-06-30
Cibrán Tenreiro Uzal
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5867-4740
Abstract
When an artist’s work is identified with a particular national identity, the artist usually becomes an object of debate and gives room to antagonistic readings. That is the case of Ana Kiro, a singer who since the 1970s became an enormously popular figure in Galicia by dealing with the experience of emigration, local landscape or traditional culture in pop songs with folk elements. For years, Kiro was often interpreted (and criticized) as a conservative icon, but many voices have appeared during the last decade looking for her resignification as a feminist, lusist or lgtbi referent. This text analyses Ana Kiro’s reception and its connection with the debates around Galician national identity.
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Tenreiro Uzal, Cibrán. 2021. “Galicia’s Voice: Ana Kiro, Reception and National Identity”. AusArt 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1387/ausart.22601.
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Keywords
KIRO, ANA (1942-2010), RECEPTION, NATIONAL IDENTITY, POPULAR MUSIC, GALICIA
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Bulnes Fraga, Ana. 2017. «16 canciones que debes escuchar antes de venir a Galicia». Matador Network. 2 jun. https://n9.cl/mumwes
Calvo Varela, Carlos. 2015. Diários. Santiago de Compostela: Através
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Castells Oliván, Manuel. 2007. «Communication, power and counter-power in the network society». International Journal of Communication 1: 238-266
Castro Veloso, Francisco. 2010. «Ana Kiro». Franciscocastro.gal, 13 ago. https://n9.cl/hrt10
Colmeiro, José F. 2017. Peripheral visions, global sounds. From Galicia to the world. Liverpool: Liverpool University. https://doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781786940308.001.0001
Fernández Rego, Fernando. 2019. Unha historia da música en Galicia: 1952-2018. Vigo: Galaxia
Gabilondo Alberdi, Joseba. 2017. «The master signifier of Galician culture: Manuel Fraga and undemocratic, affective populism». En Rerouting Galician studies: Multidisciplinary interventions, edited by Benita Sampedro Vizcaya & José A. Losada Montero, 165-178. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65729-5_11
García, Javier. 1999. «Muere en Lisboa, a los 79 años, Amália Rodrigues, la voz más profunda del fado». El País, 7 oct. https://n9.cl/pol0h
Hooper, Kirsty. 2009. «The many faces of Julio Iglesias: 'Un canto a Galicia', emigration and the network society». Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies 10(2): 149-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/14636200902990687
Lama López, María Xesús. 2017. Rosalía de Castro: Cantos de independencia e liberdade (1837-1863). Vigo: Galaxia
Lorenzo Danta, Serafín. 2014. «El día que nació el fraguismo». La Voz de Galicia. 17 dic. https://n9.cl/4n9mrq
Macías Blanco, Alejandro. 2018. «20 años de 'Tardes con Ana' en TVG». Carta de Ajuste. 25 abril. https://n9.cl/cbl6d
Mc Elroy, Ruth & Rebecca Williams. 2010. «Remembering ourselves, viewing the others: Historical reality television and celebrity in the small nation». Television & New Media 12(3): 187-206. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527476410372093
Miguélez Carballeira, Helena & Kirsty Hooper. 2009. «Introduction: Cricital approaches to the nation in Galician studies». The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 86(2): 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1353/bhs.0.0020
Olaxonmario. 2018. «Ana Kiro apropiadora cultural». Vídeo de YouTube, 4:15. 16 oct. https://n9.cl/mjszs0
Pedreira Rodríguez, Penélope. 2001. «Un ruralismo simplista». O Ximnasio de Academo (web)
Pereira Revuelta, Nonito. 2010. «Ana Kiro, la reina». El Ideal Gallego, 25 sept.
Pérez Pereiro, Marta. 1999. «A rumba da gaita: A sociological approach to the music of Ana Kiro». Trabajo de grado Univ. of South Wales
Skolnik, Jes. 2018. «50 songs that define the last 50 years of LGBTQ+ Pride». Pitchfork.com, 18 jun. https://n9.cl/ypzwd
Romero García, Santiago. 2010. «La banda sonora de la emigración». Faro de Vigo. 25 sept. https://n9.cl/v6j45
Sánchez Porta, Juan (Oro Jondo). 2021. Dame más gasolina: Un recorrido por la música de gasolinera. Barcelona: Cúpula
Sandvoss, Cornel. 2005. Fans: The mirror of consumption. Cambridge: Polity
Souto Eiroa, Xurxo Manuel. 2016. «Unha canción marabillosa, galega e panteísta». Boletín da Real Academia Galega 377: 169-177. https://doi.org/10.32766/brag.377.504
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Varela, Ángel. 2010. «La gallega que superó a Julio Iglesias». La Voz de Galicia, 25 sept. https://n9.cl/yskpm
Williams, Rebecca. 2015. «Localebrities, adopted residents, and local characters: Audience and celebrity in a small nation». Celebrity Studies 7(2): 154-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2015.1045303
Wood, Megan M. & Linda Baughman. 2012. «Glee fandom and Twitter: Something new, or more of the same old thing». Communication Studies 63(3): 328-344. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2012.674618
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