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Edith Piaf : a cultural history /

The world-famous French singer Édith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. This book suggests new ways of understanding her, her myth and her meanings over time at home and abroad, by proposing the notion of an 'imagined Piaf.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Looseley, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I NARRATING PIAF
  • 1. Inventing la Mome
  • 2. Piaf and her public
  • 3. A singer at war
  • part II PIAF AND CHANSON
  • 4. A new Piaf
  • 5. High art, low culture: Piaf and la chanson francaise
  • 6. Ideology, tragedy, celebrity: a new middlebrow
  • part III AFTERLIVES
  • 7. Losing Piaf
  • 8. Remembering Piaf
  • 9. Performing Piaf.