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The Many Meanings of Mina : Popular Music Stardom in Post-War Italy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Trajectories of Italian Cinema and Media SeriesPublisher: Bristol : Intellect, Limited, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (231 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781789385625
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Many Meanings of MinaDDC classification:
  • 782.42164092
LOC classification:
  • PR3325 .H396 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Signore, Signori, Mina!: Mina as Popstar in Post-War Italy -- 2. Mina, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Sanremo Festival -- 3. Mina and the Musicarelli -- 4. Scandal, Tragedy, and Mina's Star Image -- 5. A Star of the Small Screen: Mina and RAI -- 6. Mina as Carosello Star -- 7. Picturing a Star: The Changing Face of Mina on Album and Single Covers -- 8. Mina Today: The Ever-Present Absent Star -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.
Summary: Mina is one of Italy's best-loved pop stars. This book explores the significance of her star status in post-war Italy, and traces how the many meanings of Mina evolve as a result of different media forms she was involved in, which intersect and interact to produce new significances of the star throughout her sixty-year-long career. 12 illus.
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Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Signore, Signori, Mina!: Mina as Popstar in Post-War Italy -- 2. Mina, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Sanremo Festival -- 3. Mina and the Musicarelli -- 4. Scandal, Tragedy, and Mina's Star Image -- 5. A Star of the Small Screen: Mina and RAI -- 6. Mina as Carosello Star -- 7. Picturing a Star: The Changing Face of Mina on Album and Single Covers -- 8. Mina Today: The Ever-Present Absent Star -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.

Mina is one of Italy's best-loved pop stars. This book explores the significance of her star status in post-war Italy, and traces how the many meanings of Mina evolve as a result of different media forms she was involved in, which intersect and interact to produce new significances of the star throughout her sixty-year-long career. 12 illus.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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