1st Edition
Post-War French Popular Music: Cultural Identity and the Brel-Brassens-Ferré Myth
By Adeline Cordier
Copyright 2014
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens and Léo Ferré are three emblematic figures of post-war French popular music who have been constantly associated with each other by the public and the media. They have been described as the epitome of chanson, and of 'Frenchness'. But there is more to the trio than a musical trinity: this new study examines the factors of cultural and national identity that have held... Read more
Post-War French Popular Music: Cultural Identity and the Brel-Brassens-Ferré Myth
Biography
Adeline Cordier studied at the Universities of Bordeaux, France and Stirling, Scotland. She is the author of various studies of French chanson and cultural identity. She is now an independent researcher and works on the representation of women and gender relations in post-war France through the work of female singer-songwriters.
’Persuasive and revealing... ’ French Studies
