06.6 | The beautiful, seductive ‘gypsy woman’, as personified notably by the character of Carmen, is one of the most common ‘gypsy’ stereotypes in literature, art and popular culture. To this day she is portrayed as a figure onto whom erotic fantasies are projected, an image exploited to the full by the entertainment industry.

‘Carmen Proibit’a is the original Italian title of this 1953 feature film [German title: ‘Die Liebe vom Zigeuner stammt’].

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