Chanteuse in the City : The Realist Singer in French Film /

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Conway, Kelley, 1963-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Women singers.
Popular music.
Motion pictures.
Motion picture music.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
MUSIC > Printed Music > General.
Cinema > France > Histoire.
Chanteuses > France.
Film, Musique de > France > Histoire et critique.
Musique populaire > France > Histoire et critique.
Motion pictures > France > History.
Women singers > France.
Motion picture music > France > History and criticism.
Popular music > France > History and criticism.
France.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (273 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520938571

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