Edith Piaf : a cultural history /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Looseley, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Piaf, Edith, > 1915-1963 > Criticism and interpretation.
Piaf, Edith, > 1915-1963
1900-1999
Popular music > France > History and criticism.
Popular culture > France > 20th century.
Musique populaire > France > Histoire et critique.
Culture populaire > France > 20e siècle.
Biography: arts & entertainment.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
Popular music
Popular culture
France
Biography
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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