Irishness Of Irish Music

This Book Brings Together Important Material From A Range Of Sources And Highlights How Government Organizations, Musicians, Academics And Commercial Companies Are Concerned With, And Seek To Use, A Particular Notion Of Irish Musical Identity. Rooting The Study In The Context Of The Recent History Of Popular, Traditional And Classical Music In Ireland, As Well As Providing An Overview Of Aspects Of The National Field Of Music Production And Consumption, Oflynn Goes On To Argue That The Relationship Between Irish Identity And Irish Music Emerges As A Contested Site Of Meaning. His Analysis Exposes The Negotiation And Articulation Of Civic, Ethnic And Economic Ideas Within A Shifting Hegemony Of National Musical Culture, And Finds Inconsistencies Between And Among Symbolic Constructions Of Irish Music And Observed Patterns In The Domestic Field.