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Author:

Colvin, Michael, 1970-

Title:

The reconstruction of Lisbon : Severa's legacy and the Fado's rewriting of urban history / Michael Colvin.

Publisher:

Bucknell University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

131 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Severa, Maria,--1820-1846.
Dantas, J©ðlio,--1876-1962.--Severa.
Fados--Lisbon--Lisbon--History and criticism.
Mouraria (Lisbon, Portugal)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-128) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : progress, tradition, demolitions, and overdue outrage -- J©ðlio Dantas's A Severa : the genesis of the folkloric figure of the Mouraria prostitute -- Severa's death and the death of the Fadista Mouraria in the "Salva©ʹ©Đo Barreto" demolitions -- The reconstruction of a Mouraria of contrasts : the aristocratic and Fadista Mourarias and reincarnations of Severa and Marialva -- The church of Nossa Senhora da Sa©ðde : the last vestiges of a Christian Mouraria and the gateway to Severa's Rua do Capel©Đo -- Conclusion : good-bye, Mouraria.

ISBN:

9780838757086 (alk. paper)
0838757081 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)190595682

LCCN:

2007051294

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)