The globalization of Irish traditional song performance:
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Motherway, Susan H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Vt. Ashgate ©2013
Series:Ashgate popular and folk music series
Subjects:
Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes discography
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Music Examples; List of Abbreviations; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Mediating the Local and Global through Song; 1 Defining the Local within the Global; 2 The Temporal Divide; 3 The Language Divide; 4 The Ethnic Divide; 5 The Geographical Divide; 6 The Political Divide; 7 The Institutional Divide; 8 Irish Traditional Song in a Global Context; Discography; References; Index
Susan Motherway illustrates the transformative impact of globalization on Irish traditional song performance by examining the ways in which performers mediate the divide between local and global markets. The book portrays patterns of musical change extant within the tradition as a result of globalization, and acknowledges music as a medium for renegotiating an Irish cultural identity within the global
Physical Description:xvi, 212 pages
ISBN:9781409434245
1409434249
9781299056152
1299056156
9781409434238

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