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Turning the Tune - Traditional Music, Tourism, and Social Change in an Irish Village (Paperback, Revised ed.)
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Turning the Tune - Traditional Music, Tourism, and Social Change in an Irish Village (Paperback, Revised ed.)
Series: Dance and Performance Studies
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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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