Turning the tune : traditional music, tourism, and social change in an Irish village

Author(s)

• Kaul, Adam R.

Bibliographic Information

Turning the tune : traditional music, tourism, and social change in an Irish village

Adam R. Kaul

（Dance and performance studies, v. 3）

Berghahn Books, 2009

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-176) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction Conceptual Orientation Conceptual Organization Doolin PART I: REMEMBERED HISTORY Chapter 2. The Old Days Ethnography, History and Memory Subsistence and Seasonality Argonauts of the Eastern Atlantic Seasonality Tourism in Clare in 1859 (On the Origins of a New Species) Traditional Irish Music of the "Old Days" The Ceili and the Crossroads Dance The Country House Dance The Dance Halls and The Ceili Bands Early Collections and Early Sessions Conclusions Chapter 3. The Revival A Changing Economy The Folk Revival Internal Changes in Irish Music The Revival Arrives Turning the Tune Conclusions PART II: MOVING IN AND MOVING THROUGH Chapter 4. The Celtic Tiger Celtic Tourism Mass Tourists Coach Tours "Travelers", Working Tourists, and Visitors Conclusions Chapter 5. Locals and Blow-ins Locals Blow-ins Negotiations of Belonging Conclusions PART III: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY Chapter 6. Consolidation and Globalization Traditional Music of the Celtic Tiger Doolin's Celtic Music Industry Bands and Sessions, Performing and Playing Paying to Play Conclusions Chapter 7. Adoption and Approriation Appropriation Adoption Complementary Discourses Phenomenology of the Session Premeditated Spontaneity Music as a Conversation Perfect Embodiment and Good Craic Conclusions Chapter 8. Conclusions History, Globalization, and Tourism Appropriation, Tradition, and Cosmopolitanism The Trope of Authenticity Credibility One's Relationship to the Locale One's Epistemological Relationship to the Music Immediate Context Seasonality The Interaction of Personalities Good Man, Yourself Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BB06088060
• ISBN:
  • 9781845456238
• LCCN: 2009047662
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 190 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : G155.I7
  • DC22 : 306.4/819094193
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tourism -- Social aspects -- Ireland -- Doolin
  • LCSH : Tourism -- Ireland -- Doolin
  • LCSH : Folk music -- Ireland -- Doolin
  • LCSH : Music and tourism -- Ireland -- Doolin
  • LCSH : Music and anthropology -- Ireland -- Doolin
  • LCSH : Doolin (Ireland) -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Doolin (Ireland) -- Social life and customs
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB03252066