| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 254 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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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Print version record. |
| Summary |
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. |
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Piaf, Edith, 1915-1963. (OCoLC)fst00003170
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Popular music -- France -- History and criticism.
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Popular culture -- France -- 20th century.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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MUSIC -- Lyrics.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
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Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
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Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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Biography: arts & entertainment.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Looseley, David. Edith Piaf. Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2015 9781781384251 (DLC) 2016560572 (OCoLC)930260334 |
| ISBN |
9781781384251 (electronic bk.) |
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1781384258 (electronic bk.) |
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9781781382578 (electronic bk.) |
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1781382573 (electronic bk.) |
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1781382573 |
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