Lila Ellen Gray is a cultural anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and interdisciplinary scholar of music and sound. She is currently Associate Professor of Music at Dickinson College, USA. Her book Fado Resounding: Affective Politics and Urban Life (2013), was the recipient of the 2014 Woody Guthrie Award of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US).

• Acknowledgments Notes on the Text Track List Preface: A Yearning for LivenessPart I: Setting the Stage1. Dresses, Acrobats, and the Sound of Moonlight2. Biographies of Her Voice3. A Fado Primer4. Listening to AmáliaInterlude I: Mid-century Representations: NATO: “Introducing Portugal”Part II: Listening to Amalia à l’OlympiaPrelude: On Love and Longing5. Presentation and “Uma Casa Portuguesa”6. “Perseguição”7. “Barco Negro”8. Fados about Fado: “Tudo Isto É Fado” and “Que Deus me Perdoe”Interlude II: Mid-Century Representations: Simone de Beauvoir’s Les Mandarins9. Diva ConstellationsCoda: “Fado Amália”NotesReferencesIndex

Select Guide Rating

Lila Ellen Gray is a cultural anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and interdisciplinary scholar of music and sound. She is currently Associate Professor of Music at Dickinson College, USA. Her book Fado Resounding: Affective Politics and Urban Life (2013), was the recipient of the 2014 Woody Guthrie Award of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US).

• Acknowledgments Notes on the Text Track List Preface: A Yearning for LivenessPart I: Setting the Stage1. Dresses, Acrobats, and the Sound of Moonlight2. Biographies of Her Voice3. A Fado Primer4. Listening to AmáliaInterlude I: Mid-century Representations: NATO: “Introducing Portugal”Part II: Listening to Amalia à l’OlympiaPrelude: On Love and Longing5. Presentation and “Uma Casa Portuguesa”6. “Perseguição”7. “Barco Negro”8. Fados about Fado: “Tudo Isto É Fado” and “Que Deus me Perdoe”Interlude II: Mid-Century Representations: Simone de Beauvoir’s Les Mandarins9. Diva ConstellationsCoda: “Fado Amália”NotesReferencesIndex

Select Guide Rating

Lila Ellen Gray is a cultural anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, and interdisciplinary scholar of music and sound. She is currently Associate Professor of Music at Dickinson College, USA. Her book Fado Resounding: Affective Politics and Urban Life (2013), was the recipient of the 2014 Woody Guthrie Award of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-US).

• Acknowledgments Notes on the Text Track List Preface: A Yearning for LivenessPart I: Setting the Stage1. Dresses, Acrobats, and the Sound of Moonlight2. Biographies of Her Voice3. A Fado Primer4. Listening to AmáliaInterlude I: Mid-century Representations: NATO: “Introducing Portugal”Part II: Listening to Amalia à l’OlympiaPrelude: On Love and Longing5. Presentation and “Uma Casa Portuguesa”6. “Perseguição”7. “Barco Negro”8. Fados about Fado: “Tudo Isto É Fado” and “Que Deus me Perdoe”Interlude II: Mid-Century Representations: Simone de Beauvoir’s Les Mandarins9. Diva ConstellationsCoda: “Fado Amália”NotesReferencesIndex

Select Guide Rating