Fado and the Place of Longing - Loss, Memory and the City (Hardcover, New Ed)

Fado, often described as 'urban folk music', emerged from the streets of Lisbon in the mid-nineteenth century and went on to become Portugal's 'national' music during the twentieth. It is known for its strong emphasis on loss, memory and nostalgia within its song texts, which often refer to absent people and places. One of the main lyrical themes of fado is the city itself. Fado music has played a significant role in the interlacing of mythology, history, memory and regionalism in Portugal in the second half of the twentieth century. Richard Elliott considers the ways in which fado songs bear witness to the city of Lisbon, in relation to the construction and maintenance of the local. Elliott explores the ways in which fado acts as a cultural product reaffirming local identity via recourse to social memory and an imagined community, while also providing a distinctive cultural export for the dissemination of a 'remembered Portugal' on the global stage.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
Release date:	May 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Richard Elliott
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-6795-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
LSN:	0-7546-6795-2
Barcode:	9780754667957

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