Colvin, Michael. Fado and the Urban Poor in Portuguese Cinema of the 1930s and 1940s. Tamesis, 2016.

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  • Lila Ellen Gray Dickinson College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21471/jls.v2i1.166

Abstract

This volume nuances a foundational maxim of Lisbon fado, namely, that it acquired class mobility via nineteenth-century prostitute-fadista Maria Severa (from the hardscrabble neighborhood of Mouraria) and her liaison with a member of the nobility.

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Published

2017-06-03

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017): Special Dossier on Portuguese Cinema

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Book Reviews

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