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Tables of Contents for Chanson
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of figures
vii
Preface
viii
Part I: A little theory goes a long way
What is chanson?
3
7
How do you write about chanson?
10
13
What is not chanson: some fine distinctions
23
12
Poetry and chanson
Art song and chanson
Musical comedy and chanson
Chansonniers and chanson
Folksong and chanson
Chanson and the singer-songwriter
The gender of the genre
35
16
Masculinities
Anne Sylvestre
Veronique Sanson
What happened to the women singer-songwriters?
The psycho-anthropology of everyday chanson
51
8
The Frenchness of chanson
59
8
Part II: Practice makes perfect
Precursors
67
18
Aristide Bruant
Georgius
Yvette Guilbert
Mireille
Edith Piaf
The charm of Charles Trenet
85
10
Charles Aznavour: a sentimental realist
95
9
Leo Ferre: creating a space for transgression
104
20
Georges Brassens: the appropriation of a literary heritage
124
13
Jacques Brel: the dramatic synthesis
137
13
Barbara: performing the feminine
150
8
Serge Gainsbourg: how to win by cheating
158
11
Part III: Innovation and renovation: the Nouvelle chanson francaise
Bernard Lavilliers: carrying World Music on his shoulders
169
9
Renaud: the apotheosis of satire, parody and slang
178
11
Alain Souchon and Laurent Voulzy: Lennon and McCartney are alive and well and working in Paris
189
10
Michel Jonasz: a personal fusion
199
5
MC Solaar: a gardener of words
204
9
From one fin de siecle to another
213
8
Select bibliography and discography
221
6
General bibliography
Miscellaneous bibliography and discography
Index
227