Chanson: The French Singer-Songwriter from Aristide Bruant to the Present Day

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of figures
Preface
Part I: A little theory goes a long way
	1 What is chanson?
	2 How do you write about chanson?
	3 What is not chanson: some fine distinctions
		Poetry and chanson
		Art song and chanson
		Musical comedy and chanson
		Chansonniers and chanson
		Folksong and chanson
		Chanson and the singer-songwriter
	4 The gender of the genre
		Masculinities
		Anne Sylvestre
		Véronique Sanson
		What happened to the women singer-songwriters?
	5 The psycho-anthropology of everyday chanson
	6 The Frenchness of chanson
Part II: Practice makes perfect
	7 Precursors
		Aristide Bruant
		Georgius
		Yvette Guilbert
		Mireille
		Edith Piaf
	8 The charm of Charles Trenet
	9 Charles Aznavour: a sentimental realist
	10 Léo Ferré: creating a space for transgression
	11 Georges Brassens: the appropriation of a literary heritage
	12 Jacques Brel: the dramatic synthesis
	13 Barbara: performing the feminine
	14 Serge Gainsbourg: how to win by cheating
Part III: Innovation and renovation: the Nouvelle chanson française
	15 Bernard Lavilliers: carrying World Music on his shoulders
	16 Renaud: the apotheosis of satire, parody and slang
	17 Alain Souchon and Laurent Voulzy: Lennon and McCartney are alive and well and working in Paris
	18 Michel Jonasz: a personal fusion
	19 MC Solaar: a gardener of words
	20 From one fin de siècle to another
Select bibliography and discography
	General bibliography
	Miscellaneous bibliography and discography
Index