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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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Title Turning the Tune: Traditional Music, Tourism, and Social Change in an Irish Village
Author Adam Kaul
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 200
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Berghahn Books
Publication date 2012-12-01
Features Bibliography
ISBN 9780857458087 / 0857458086
Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.44 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.12 cm)
Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Nanotechnology
- Cultural Region: Ireland
Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
Dewey Decimal Code 306.481

About the author

Adam Kaul is a Professor of Anthropology at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. He has written extensively on traditional music, tourism, and the economics of musical performance in Ireland. He is also the co-editor of Leisure and Death (University Press of Colorado 2018) and co-editor of the 3rd edition of Tourists and Tourism (Waveland 2018).

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Paperback / softback. New. 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...