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Serge Gainsbourg : an international perspective / edited by Olivier Julien and Olivier Bourderionnet.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gainsbourg, Serge--Criticism and interpretation.
- Gainsbourg, Serge.
- Popular music--France--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 264 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Musical Examples and Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: From Saint-Germain-des-Prés to the Sorbonne: The Emergence of Gainsbourg Studies Olivier Julien and Olivier Bourderionnet
- Part 1 Deconstructing the Gainsbourg Persona
- "Docteur Jekyll et Monsieur Hyde": Gainsbourg in the Mirror
- 1 The Hidden Beauty of the Ugly Jeremy Allen
- 2 Gainsbourg over Piaf: The Gendered Pantheon of Chanson Artists in French Music Biopics Isabelle Marc
- "Yellow Star": Gainsbourg & Jewishness
- 3 "Dieu Est Juif": Disappearing and Reappearing Jewishness in Serge Gainsbourg's Career Jonathyne Briggs and Nick Underwood
- 4 "Le Sable et le Soldat": Serge Gainsbourg, Jewishness, Masculinity, and the Quest for Legitimacy France Grenaudier-Klijn
- "Vu de l'Extérieur": Gainsbourg's International Reputation
- 5 Contention and Consensus: Posthumous Press Coverage of Serge Gainsbourg in the UK Chris Tinker
- 6 The Critical Song of Serge Gainsbourg Caroline Kennedy
- Part 2 Words and Music
- "Du Jazz dans le Ravin": The Beginnings
- 7 Boris Vian's Visionary Criticism of the Early Work of Serge Gainsbourg Marianne Di Benedetto
- 8 Fallen on Deaf Ears: Confidentiel's Visionary Blend of Jazz and Chanson Olivier Bourderionnet
- "Là-Bas C'Est Naturel": Gainsbourg & World Music
- 9 "Latin" Gainsbourg and the Parisian Nightclub Scene Sue Miller
- 10 Gainsbourg and Musical Crossover: Issues in Sound Categorization and Stylistic Appropriation in the Study of Gainsbourg Percussions Danick Trottier
- 11 Gainsbourg in a Reggae Style: The Esthetics, Economics, and Politics of Aux Armes et Cætera Marc Kaiser
- 12 Gainsbourg and the Other: A Postcolonial Reading of Gainsbourg Percussions Aurélien Djebbari and Elina Djebbari
- "L'Impression du Déjà-Vu": Local Inspiration & Francophone Legacy
- 13 Charles Trenet's Influence on Serge Gainsbourg: Swing, Irony, and Poetry Claire Fraysse
- 14 Singing Gainsbourg at the Time of the Yé-Yé (1962-6): The Perpetual Provocateur and His Muses Andreas Bonnermeier
- "Qui Est 'In' Qui Est 'Out'": Gainsbourg & The British Invasion
- 15 "Extrêmement Pop": Gainsbourg and Swinging London Kirk Anderson
- 16 "Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus": Jane Birkin and the English Preference of Serge Gainsbourg Peter Hawkins
- Part 3 Beyond Songwriting
- "Arts Majeurs"/"Arts Mineurs": Intertextual Perspectives
- 17 Cargo Cultist: How Serge Gainsbourg Pioneered Sampling Darran Anderson
- 18 "Un Amour Peut en Cacher un Autre": Serge Gainsbourg through the Prism of Transtextuality Olivier Julien
- 19 Serge Gainsbourg and the Romantic Piano Nathalie Hérold
- "Les Dessous Chics": Gainsbourg & Musical Analysis
- 20 Evil Twin? The Poetics of Duality in Serge Gainsbourg Catherine Rudent
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 11, 2024).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Serge Gainsbourg
- ISBN:
- 9781501365690
- 150136569X
- 9781501365676
- 1501365673
- 9781501365683
- 1501365681
- Publisher Number:
- 99996487533
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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