{"product_id":"chanteuse-in-the-city-9780520244078","title":"Chanteuse in the City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a genealogy of realist performance through analysis of the music hall careers and film roles of Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Frehel, and Damia. This book offers a fresh interpretation of 1930s French cinema, emphasizing its love affair with popular song and its close connections to the music hall and the cafe-concert.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Conway's entirely original research is well structured and clearly written, imparts expert readings, and is strengthened by historical groundedness. This is an extremely important book.\" - Christopher Faulkner, author of The Social Cinema of Jean Renoir; \"Conway's study offers fresh, challenging perspectives on French film history, on women in French cinema, and on the relationship between film of the 1930s and the city of Paris.\" - Judith Mayne, author of Cinema and Spectatorship\"","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402824327511,"sku":"9780520244078","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520244078.jpg?v=1730481609","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chanteuse-in-the-city-9780520244078","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}