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Edith Piaf - A Cultural History (Hardcover)
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Edith Piaf - A Cultural History (Hardcover)
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An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool
University Press website and through Knowledge Unlatched. The
world-famous French singer Edith 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' of Piaf means exploring her cultural, social and
political significance as a national and international icon,
looking at her shifting meanings over time, at home and abroad. How
did she become a star and a myth? What did she come to mean in life
and in death? At the centenary of her birth and more than fifty
years after her passing, why do we still remember her work and
commemorate her through the work of others, from Claude Nougaro and
Elton John to Ben Harper and Zaz, as well as in films, musicals,
documentaries and tribute acts around the world? What does she mean
today? The book proposes the notion of an imagined Piaf. To a large
extent, she was her own invention, not only by virtue of her talent
but because she produced narratives about herself, building a
mystery. But she was also the invention of others: of those she
worked with but above all of her audiences, who made their own
meanings from her carefully staged performances. Since her death,
the world has been free to imagine new Piafs. From the 1930s until
today, she has variously embodied conceptions of the 'popular' and
of 'chanson' as a new kind of middlebrow, of gender, sexuality,
national identity and the human condition.
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