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Torch singing : performing resistance and desire from Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf / Stacy Holman Jones.
| Author/creator | Holman Jones, Stacy Linn, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham : AltaMira Press, ©2007. |
| Description | vii, 217 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Ethnographic alternatives book series Ethnographic alternatives book series. ^A381171 |
| Contents | Interpreter of lies -- The scene of desire -- Sing me a torch song -- The way you haunt my dreams -- Hearing voices -- Love's wounds -- Hopeful openness -- Circular breathing -- Music for torching. |
| Abstract | This book presents torch singing as a much more complicated phenomenon than the familiar trope of a woman lamenting her victimhood. With an ethnographer's eye, she observes the bluesy torch singers, asking if they are possibly performing critiques of the very lyrics they are singing. From this perspective, we see the singer giving expression not only to desire but also to an incipient determination to resist and change. The author also reveals points of contact in the opposition between spectators and performers, emotion and intellect, and love and power. Instead of interpreting the expression of love as a woman's violent mistake--as willing deception and passive fate--the author allows us to hear an active search for hope. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007005531 |
| ISBN | 9780759106581 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0759106584 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780759106598 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0759106592 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3918.P67 H65 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |