 | Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music Subjects: Arts; Humanities; Cultural Studies; Music; History; Media & Film Studies; Popular Music; Irish History; Popular Culture; Popular Music; Ethnomusicology; Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology and musicology of 20th- and 21st-century Irish popular music. The volume consists of essays by leading scholars in the field and covers the major figures, styles and social contexts of popular music in Ireland. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance to Irish popular music. The book is organized into three thematic sections: Music Industries and Historiographies, Roots and Routes and Scenes and Networks. The volume also includes a coda by Gerry Smyth, one of the most published authors on Irish popular music. Áine Mangaoang is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo. John O'Flynn is Associate Professor of Music at Dublin City University. Lonán Ó Briain is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Nottingham. |
