UID:
edocfu_9959648900902883
Format:
1 online resource (vii, 254 pages)
ISBN:
9781781384251
,
1781384258
,
9781781382578
,
1781382573
Content:
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.
Note:
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.
Language:
English
URL:
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