The Many Meanings of Mina - Popular Music Stardom in Post-war Italy

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.

About the author

Rachel Haworth is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Hull, UK. Her research interests lie within the broad areas of French and Italian popular music. She has published on French popular music in 1968, media representa-tions of Brassens, Brel and Ferré and the place of performance in the chanson française. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds and this research is due to be published by Ashgate with the title ‘From the chanson française to the canzone d’autore in the 1960s and 70s: Authenticity, authority, influence’. 

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.

Product details

• Authors: Rachel Haworth, Rachel (University of Hull) Haworth
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781789385601
• ISBN: 978-1-78938-560-1
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 621 g
• Illustrations: 12 images
• Series: Trajectories of Italian Cinema and Media
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Media Studies, Popular Culture, Television, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, ART / Popular Culture, Italy, Popular Music, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Music: styles & genres