Edith Piaf : a cultural history /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Looseley, David (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Piaf, Edith, > 1915-1963 > Criticism and interpretation. Piaf, Edith, > 1915-1963. Popular music > France > History and criticism. Popular culture > France > 20th century. HISTORY > Europe > France. MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice. MUSIC > Lyrics. MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal. Popular music. Popular culture. France. Biography: arts & entertainment. 1900-1999 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

pt. I NARRATING PIAF
1. Inventing la Mome
2. Piaf and her public
3. A singer at war
part 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
part III AFTERLIVES
7. Losing Piaf
8. Remembering Piaf
9. Performing Piaf.