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Survival songs : Conchita Piquer's coplas and Franco's regime of terror /

Stephanie Sieburth's Survival Songs explores how a genre of Spanish popular music, the copla, as sung by legendary performer Conchita Piquer, helped Republican sympathizers to survive the Franco regime's dehumanizing treatment following the Spanish Civil War (1936-39).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sieburth, Stephanie Anne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Colección:Toronto Iberic.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Conchita Piquer's Coplas as Psychotherapy
  • Chapter One: Camouflage: The Psychology of Survival in Franco's Spain
  • Chapter Two: An Introduction to the Copla and its Star Performer
  • Chapter Three: Coping with Terror Through Popular Music: 'La Parrala' ('The Wine Lady')
  • Chapter Four: Paradise Lost: 'Ojos verdes' ('Green Eyes') as Ritual of Separation
  • Chapter Five: 'Tatuaje' ('Tattoo'), the Unburied Dead, and Complicated Grief
  • Chapter Six: The 'Other Woman': 'Romance de la otra' as Ritual of Marginalization and Disenfranchised Grief
  • Chapter Seven: Reasserting Personhood through Popular Song: 'Romance de valentia' ('Ballad of Bravery') and 'La Ruisenora' ('The Nightingale')
  • Chapter Eight: When a Radio Song is the Meaning of Life: Mending the Torn Fabric of Identity through Narrative, Music and Interpretation
  • Conclusion.