Survival Songs : Conchita Piquer's 'Coplas' and Franco's Regime of Terror /

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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).

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sieburth, Stephanie Anne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Piquer, Conchita, > 1908-1990.
Piquer, Conchita, > 1908-1990 > Criticism and interpretation.
Psychological aspects.
Popular music.
Coplas.
Political persecution > Psychological aspects.
Popular music > Psychological aspects.
Psychic trauma.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Repression politique > Espagne > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Traumatisme psychique > Espagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Musique populaire > Espagne > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Musique populaire > Espagne > Histoire et critique.
Coplas > Espagne > Aspect psychologique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Coplas > Espagne > Histoire et critique.
Piquer, Conchita, > 1908-1990 > Critique et interpretation.
Political persecution > Spain > Psychological aspects > History > 20th century.
Psychic trauma > Spain > History > 20th century.
Popular music > Spain > Psychological aspects > History > 20th century.
Popular music > Spain > History and criticism.
Coplas > Spain > Psychological aspects > History > 20th century.
Coplas > Spain > History and criticism.
Spain.
Espagne > Histoire > 1939-1975.
Spain > History > 1939-1975.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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