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

by Rachel Haworth

What the stardom of Mina says about contemporary Italian society.

Mina--or Anna Maria Mazzini--is an Italian popular music icon whose sixty-year career has come to represent a range of diverse meanings. She is one of the best-loved popular music stars in Italy and abroad, with a large fan base across Europe, Asia, and South America. Her career began in the late 1950s and reached its peak in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite having retired...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789385601
• ISBN13: 9781789385601
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Intellect (UK)
• Length: 272 Pages