Elliott, Richard (2010) Fado and the place of longing : loss, memory and the city. Ashgate Popular and Folk Music . Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Farnham, UK. ISBN 978-0-7546-6795-7

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Abstract

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.

Contents: Introduction; Songs of disquiet: mythology, ontology, ideology, fadology; Taking place: the role of the city in fado; 'Trago fado nos sentidos': memory, witnessing and testimony in fado; New citizens of the fadista world; Tudo isto ainda é fado? Fado as local and global practice; Bibliography; Discography; Videography; Index.

Item Type:	Book
Schools and Departments:	School of Media, Film and Music > Music
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF0309 Consciousness. Cognition Including learning, attention, comprehension, memory, imagination, genius, intelligence, thought and thinking, psycholinguistics, mental fatigue H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT0101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology M Music. Literature on music. Musical instruction and study > M Music M Music. Literature on music. Musical instruction and study > ML Literature on music
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Depositing User:	Richard Elliott
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2012 15:57
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2013 15:42
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40555

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