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Zusatztext 68812567 Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext Argues traditional Irish music represents an increasingly important identity marker both in Ireland and abroad. Focuses on a small village in County Clare, a pilgrimage site for those interested in experiencing traditional music. Explores the commercialization of music and culture, consumption of "place," and offers a critique of the trope of "authenticity" Zusammenfassung 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... Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Céilí and the Crossroads Dance The Country House Dance The Dance Halls and The Céilí 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 ...
