Edith Piaf : a cultural history

Edith Piaf a cultural history

The world-famous French singer Édith Piaf (1915-63) was never just a singer. Dozens of biographies of her, of variable quality, have seldom got beyond the well known and usually contested 'facts' of her life. This book suggests new ways of understanding her. A 'cultural history'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Looseley, David, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press 2015.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Liverpool scholarship online.
Materias:
Piaf, Edith, > 1915-1963 > Criticism and interpretation.
Popular music > France > History and criticism.
Popular culture > France > 20th century.
Biographies
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424518806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pt. I NARRATING PIAF
  • 1. Inventing la Mome
  • 2. Piaf and her public
  • 3. A singer at war
  • pt. 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
  • pt. III AFTERLIVES
  • 7. Losing Piaf
  • 8. Remembering Piaf
  • 9. Performing Piaf.

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