Singing ideas : performance, politics, and oral poetry

Singing ideas : performance, politics, and oral poetry /

Considered by many to be the greatest Irish song poet of her generation, Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire (Yellow Mary O'Leary; 1774-1848) was an illiterate woman unconnected to elite literary and philosophical circles who powerfully engaged the politics of her own society through song. As an oral arts pra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ní Shíocháin, Tríona (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Series:Dance and performance studies ; v. 12.
Subjects:
Ní Laoire, Máire Bhuí, > 1774-1849.
Ní Laoire, Máire Bhuí, > 1774-1849
Singing > Social aspects > Ireland.
Singing > Political aspects > Ireland.
Irish poetry > History and criticism.
Oral tradition > Ireland.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC / History & Criticism
Irish poetry
Oral tradition
Ireland
Performance Studies, History: 18th/19th Century, Anthropology (General), Literary Studies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures; Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Singing Ideas: An Alternative History of Thought; Chapter 2. 'Where Everything Trembles in the Balance': Song as a Liminal Ludic Space; Chapter 3. Singing Parrhesia: Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire, Song Performance and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Conclusion: Singing Ideas in Society: Experience, Song and 'Passing Through' Appendix of Songs and Lore Bibliography; Index.

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