Chanteuse in the city : the realist singer in French film /
Long before Edith Piaf sang "La vie en rose," her predecessors took to the stage of the belle epoque music hall, singing of female desire, the treachery of men, the harshness of working-class life, and the rough neighborhoods of Paris. Icon of working-class femininity and the underworld, t...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Long before Edith Piaf sang "La vie en rose," her predecessors took to the stage of the belle epoque music hall, singing of female desire, the treachery of men, the harshness of working-class life, and the rough neighborhoods of Paris. Icon of working-class femininity and the underworld, the realist singer signaled the emergence of new cultural roles for women as well as shifts in the nature of popular entertainment |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 246 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes filmography (pages 185), bibliographical references (p. 223-230) , and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520938571 0520938577 |