Songs for fat people : affect, emotion, and celebrity in the Russian popular song, 1900-1955 / / David MacFadyen

• Autore: MacFadyen David <1964->
• Pubblicazione: Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 354 p. : ports
• Disciplina: 782.421640947
• Soggetto topico: Popular music - Soviet Union - History and criticism; Popular music - Social aspects - Soviet Union; Singers - Soviet Union; Musique populaire - URSS - Histoire et critique; Musique populaire - Aspect social - URSS; Chanteurs - URSS; Musique populaire - Russie - 20e siecle - Histoire et critique
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references, filmography, discography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Songs for Fat People -- Introduction: A Quick Comment Before we Begin in Earnest -- In Practice: Eleven Famous Performers, Loved by Tens of Millions -- Grace Under Friendly Fire: The Gypsy Romances of Izabella Iur’Eva and Tamara Tsereteli -- The Romance in Exile: Iurii Morfessi and Petr Leshchenko -- Internal(Ized) Exile: The Mystery of Vadim Kozin -- Exit Stage Left: Aleksandr Vertinskii and Cabaret -- Affectation and Buffoonery: Leonid Utesov and Odessa Jazz -- Klavdiia Shul’zhenko: “Let’s Have a Smoke, Comrade!” -- Mark Bernes: Hushed Songs from the Silver Screen -- Prison and Prestige: The Folk Songs of Lidiia Ruslanova and Liudmila Zykina -- In Theory: Soviet Entertainment Seen From Today’s Perspectives -- Time to Speculate and Take Stock: 1 January 2000 in Russian Light Entertainment -- Conclusion and Unsolicited Encore -- Notes -- Audio-Visual Sources -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The author traces the careers of early singers such as Izabella Iur'eva, Tamara Tsereteli, and others who struggled to continue to perform as they fled the dangers of a Soviet society that had little patience for café-culture. MacFadyen follows their trail through Eastern Europe to Paris and London, then across to New York and San Francisco, and back into Russia through the smoky, émigré bars of colourful Chinese towns. He pays particular attention to the notion of "mass" songs inside the Soviet Union and explores the relationship of official and public approval. By looking at how these performers used success at home and abroad to become recording stars, film stars, and eventually television personalities, MacFadyen avoids the conventional dichotomies about the East Block to show the complexity of Soviet culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Songs for fat people
• ISBN: 1-282-86077-1; 9786612860775; 0-7735-7062-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815766703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II