Chapter Eight. When a Radio Song Is the Meaning of Life: Mending the Torn Fabric of Identity through Narrative, Music, and Interpretation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Conchita Piquer’s Coplas as Psychotherapy 1
5. Chapter One. Camouflage: The Psychology of Survival in Franco’s Spain 16
6. Chapter Two. An Introduction to the Copla and Its Star Performer 44
7. Chapter Three. Coping with Terror through Popular Music: “La Parrala” (“The Wine Lady”) 76
8. Chapter Four. Paradise Lost: “Ojos verdes” (“Green Eyes”) as Ritual of Separation 94
9. Chapter Five. “Tatuaje” (“Tattoo”), the Unburied Dead, and Complicated Grief 114
10. Chapter Six. The “Other Woman”: “Romance de la otra” as Ritual of Marginalization and Disenfranchised Grief 144
11. Chapter Seven. Reasserting Personhood through Popular Song: “Romance de valentía” (“Ballad of Bravery”) and “La Ruiseñora” (“The Nightingale”) 162
12. Chapter Eight. When a Radio Song Is the Meaning of Life: Mending the Torn Fabric of Identity through Narrative, Music, and Interpretation 182
13. Conclusion 194
14. Notes 201
15. Bibliography 225
16. Index 243