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Chanteuse in the City: The Realist Singer in French Film
Kelley Conway
Chanteuse in the City: The Realist Singer in French Film
Kelley Conway
Presents a genealogy of realist performance through analysis of the music hall careers and film roles of Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Frehel, and Damia. This book offers a fresh interpretation of 1930s French cinema, emphasizing its love affair with popular song and its close connections to the music hall and the cafe-concert.
273 pages, 31 b/w photographs
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 8, 2004 |
ISBN13 | 9780520244078 |
Publishers | University of California Press |
Pages | 273 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 16 mm · 454 g |
Language | English |