9780857458087-0857458086-Turning the Tune: Traditional Music, Tourism, and Social Change in an Irish Village (Dance and Performance Studies, 3)

Turning the Tune: Traditional Music, Tourism, and Social Change in an Irish Village (Dance and Performance Studies, 3)

ISBN-13: 9780857458087
ISBN-10: 0857458086
Edition: 1
Author: Adam Kaul
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Format: Paperback 200 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780857458087
ISBN-10: 0857458086
Edition: 1
Author: Adam Kaul
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Format: Paperback 200 pages

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Turning the Tune: Traditional Music, Tourism, and Social Change in an Irish Village (Dance and Performance Studies, 3) (ISBN-13: 9780857458087 and ISBN-10: 0857458086), written by authors Adam Kaul, was published by Berghahn Books in 2012. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other European History (Popular Culture, Social Sciences, Cultural, Anthropology, Anthropology, Behavioral Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Turning the Tune: Traditional Music, Tourism, and Social Change in an Irish Village (Dance and Performance Studies, 3) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used European History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.25.

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The last century has seen radical social changes in Ireland, which have impacted all aspects of local life but none more so than traditional Irish music, an increasingly important identity marker both in Ireland and abroad. The author focuses on a small village in County Clare, which became a kind of pilgrimage site for those interested in experiencing traditional music. He begins by tracing its historical development from the days prior to the influx of visitors, through a period called "the Revival," in which traditional Irish music was revitalized and transformed, to the modern period, which is dominated by tourism. A large number of incomers, locally known as "blow-ins," have moved to the area, and the traditional Irish music is now largely performed and passed on by them. This fine-grained ethnographic study explores the commercialization of music and culture, the touristic consolidation and consumption of “place,” and offers a critique of the trope of "authenticity," all in a setting of dramatic social change in which the movement of people is constant.

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