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Ordinary Irish life : music, sport and culture /

Drawing together the strands of music, sport, and popular culture under the umbrella of 'Ordinary Life, ' this engaging new book takes the reader on an entertaining journey through modern Ireland, celebrating the many unique expressions of 'Irishness.' From the folk roots of popu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fhuartháin, Méabh Ní, Doyle, David M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kildare, Ireland : Irish Academic Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1; Preface; CHAPTER 2; Recycling Irish Popular Culture; CHAPTER 3; 'We Were So Different!': Negotiating Gender on the Showband Stage; CHAPTER 4; Seán Burke, Lion of Lahinch: An IRA Man at The Walker Cup; CHAPTER 5; Corner Boys in Small Town Ireland, 1922-1970; CHAPTER 6; Rethinking Rural/Urban: Traditional Music and Musical Community in 21st
  • Century Dublin; CHAPTER 7; The Riddle of Ravenhill: The 1954 Irish Rugby International in belfast; CHAPTER 8.
  • Locating the Centre: Irish Traditional Music and Re-Traditionalisation at the Willie Clancy Summer SchoolCHAPTER 9; Life On-Air: Talk Radio and Popular Culture in Ireland; CHAPTER 10; Neither White Nor Free: Irish Railroad Workers in the Troubled Colony of Cuba, 1835-1837; Endnotes; Index.