Description
THE BRAVE DAUGHTERS OF MOMÁN
Book summary
A theatrical homage to the traditional female singers and popular poetry, protagonists of the 2025 Galician Literature Day. This work by Chévere updates the relevance of the values that women brought to traditional Galician culture, creating and transmitting an important repertoire of collective creativity centered on music, dance, and song. The "Brave Daughters" are three older women who reaffirm empowered models of womanhood, linked to traditional cultural expressions that hide emancipatory cries and songs of unexpected rebellion.
What is it about?
The Brave Daughters are three older women who play and sing whatever they please, just as their mother and their mother's mother did before them, because they are all daughters of the wind, women who walk among the gorse, proud to come from behind the brambles, singers of a lineage of furtive voices that shout among foxes. They live in Momán, a village that represents all villages and in which anything is possible. The play is a dramatized recital that highlights the participation of women in the construction of a collective memory and identity. Furthermore, it constitutes a research project on sexuality, gender relations, and the roles of women in traditional society as reflected in the verses of the Galician popular songbook, for which the Chévere group carried out a selection and adaptation of orally transmitted texts.
Main themes
- Female empowerment through traditional Galician culture
- Collective memory and identity of women in rural society
- Popular poetry and traditional singers as transmitters of creativity
- Sexuality, gender relations, and female roles in tradition
- Resistance and rebellion through popular song and music
Who is it recommended for?
This work is recommended for lovers of contemporary theater and Galician popular culture, as well as for people interested in gender studies and the recovery of women's historical memory. It is also ideal for audiences looking for a stage production that combines tradition and modernity, and for those who wish to delve into the Galician popular songbook from a critical and contemporary perspective.
What this book offers
- A renewed and empowered vision of the role of women in traditional Galician culture
- A selection and adaptation of orally transmitted texts from the popular songbook
- A tool for reflection on sexuality and gender roles in traditional society
- A theatrical proposal that updates the validity of female values in popular culture
- A contribution to the construction of a collective and identity-based memory of Galicia
Technical specifications
- Author: Chévere
- Publisher: Kalandraka
- Language: Galician
- Subject: Plays, theatrical texts
- Collection: Theater Library, No. 1
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: May 2025
- Number of pages: 72
- Weight: 207 g
Editorial review
The Brave Daughters of Momán is a work that stands out for its ability to connect Galician oral tradition with contemporary theater, offering a critical and updated perspective on the role of women in popular culture. The selection of orally transmitted texts carried out by Chévere provides a documentary and artistic value to the piece, making it a useful tool for both study and stage enjoyment. Recommended for those looking for a proposal that combines research, advocacy, and creativity.