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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City

Fado and the Place of Longing: Loss, Memory and the City

Elliott, Richard

Hardcover

Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music

Country & Folk

ISBN10: 0754667952
ISBN13: 9780754667957
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 28 2010
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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. Richard Elliott explores the ways in which fado acts as a cultural product reaffirming local identity via recourse to social memory and an imagined community.

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