Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Theoretical Introduction -- Chapter One: Inventing Carmen: Prosper Mérimée and the Gypsy Presence in Western Europe -- Chapter Two: Georges Bizet and the Genealogy of Carmen -- Chapter Three: Mythic Space and Ancient Carmen -- Chapter Four: The Gypsy Inside and Outside of History -- Chapter Five: Gypsies in the Dance Cafés of the Islamic Mediterranean -- Chapter Six: Picasso, the Bull, and Carmen -- Chapter Seven: Space and Place in Islamic Spain: The Archeology of Flamenco -- Chapter Eight: Carmen, a Close Reading of a Nomadic Opera -- Appendix -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.