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

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.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Caf-conc' : the rise of the unruly woman
  • Music hall Miss
  • Voices from the past
  • The revue star and the realist singer : the return of the unruly woman
  • Violent spectatorship : mechanical reproduction, the female voice, and the imaginary of intimacy
  • Conclusion.