| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Toronto Iberic
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Toronto Iberic.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Conchita Piquer's Coplas as Psychotherapy -- Chapter One: Camouflage: The Psychology of Survival in Franco's Spain -- Chapter Two: An Introduction to the Copla and its Star Performer -- Chapter Three: Coping with Terror Through Popular Music: 'La Parrala' ('The Wine Lady') -- Chapter Four: Paradise Lost: 'Ojos verdes' ('Green Eyes') as Ritual of Separation -- Chapter Five: 'Tatuaje' ('Tattoo'), the Unburied Dead, and Complicated Grief -- Chapter Six: The 'Other Woman': 'Romance de la otra' as Ritual of Marginalization and Disenfranchised Grief -- Chapter Seven: Reasserting Personhood through Popular Song: 'Romance de valentia' ('Ballad of Bravery') and 'La Ruisenora' ('The Nightingale') -- Chapter Eight: When a Radio Song is the Meaning of Life: Mending the Torn Fabric of Identity through Narrative, Music and Interpretation -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Stephanie Sieburth's Survival Songs explores how a genre of Spanish popular music, the copla, as sung by legendary performer Conchita Piquer, helped Republican sympathizers to survive the Franco regime's dehumanizing treatment following the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Includes some song lyrics, in Spanish and English. |
| Subject |
Piquer, Conchita, 1908-1990 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Piquer, Conchita, 1908-1990. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Coplas -- Spain -- History and criticism.
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Coplas. |
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Spain. |
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Coplas -- Spain -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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Psychological aspects. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Popular music -- Spain -- History and criticism.
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Popular music. |
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Popular music -- Spain -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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Psychic trauma -- Spain -- History -- 20th century.
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Psychic trauma. |
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Political persecution -- Spain -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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Political persecution. |
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Spain -- History -- 1939-1975.
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| Chronological Term |
1939-1975 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Conchita Piquer's coplas and Franco's regime of terror |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Sieburth, Stephanie Anne, author. Survival songs 9781442644731 (OCoLC)872944614 |
| ISBN |
9781442661448 (electronic book) |
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1442661445 (electronic book) |
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9781442644731 |
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1442644737 |
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