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The Reconstruction of Lisbon: Severa´s Legacy and the Fado´s Rewriting of Urban History
Michael Colvin
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Hardback. Num Pages: 131 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
This book exposes how Fado lyricists have appropriated popular novelist and playwright Júlio Danta's forging of Mouraria fadista/ prostitute Maria Severa as a national heroine, and the Fado as the national songin A Severa (1901) and A Severa: Peça em Quatro Actos (1901)to manifest a sub-rosa criticism of the Estado Novo's demolition of the Mouraria between the 1930s and 1970s. The lyricists exploit Dantas's fictionalization/dramatization of Severa's life, death, and consequent legacy in its attempt to link Severa's Mouraria and the Fado to the Portuguese character, to evoke national sympathy, or even outrage for the local cause of the erasing ... Read more
This book exposes how Fado lyricists have appropriated popular novelist and playwright Júlio Danta's forging of Mouraria fadista/ prostitute Maria Severa as a national heroine, and the Fado as the national songin A Severa (1901) and A Severa: Peça em Quatro Actos (1901)to manifest a sub-rosa criticism of the Estado Novo's demolition of the Mouraria between the 1930s and 1970s. The lyricists exploit Dantas's fictionalization/dramatization of Severa's life, death, and consequent legacy in its attempt to link Severa's Mouraria and the Fado to the Portuguese character, to evoke national sympathy, or even outrage for the local cause of the erasing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
131
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483055
SKU
V9781611483055
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About Michael Colvin
Michael Colvin is assistant professor of Hispanic studies at Marymount Manhattan College.
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