Singing the Rite to Belong: Ritual, Music, and the New Irish
Helen Phelan
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Description for Singing the Rite to Belong: Ritual, Music, and the New Irish
Paperback. Series: Oxford Ritual Studies Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVA; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
This book explores the way in which singing can foster experiences of belonging through ritual performance. Based on more than two decades of ethnographic, pedagogical and musical research, it is set against the backdrop of the new Ireland of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Charting Ireland's growing multiculturalism, changing patterns of migration, the diminished influence of Catholicism, and synergies between indigenous and global forms of cultural expression, it explores rights and rites of belonging in contemporary Ireland. Helen Phelan examines a range of religious, educational, civic and community-based rituals including religious rituals of new migrant ... Read more
This book explores the way in which singing can foster experiences of belonging through ritual performance. Based on more than two decades of ethnographic, pedagogical and musical research, it is set against the backdrop of the new Ireland of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Charting Ireland's growing multiculturalism, changing patterns of migration, the diminished influence of Catholicism, and synergies between indigenous and global forms of cultural expression, it explores rights and rites of belonging in contemporary Ireland. Helen Phelan examines a range of religious, educational, civic and community-based rituals including religious rituals of new migrant ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Oxford Ritual Studies Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190672232
SKU
V9780190672232
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99-11
About Helen Phelan
Helen Phelan is Professor of Arts Practice at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. A singer and ritual studies scholar, she is an Irish Research Council recipient for her work on singing and sustained social integration with new migrant communities in Ireland over the last two decades. Her singing interests span medieval chant to contemporary ... Read more
Reviews for Singing the Rite to Belong: Ritual, Music, and the New Irish
Phelan integrates a depth and breadth of knowledge in ritual studies, ethnography, philosophy, religion, music education, acoustics, and the singing voice to create a compelling argument about the profound effect that performed singing rituals have in the development of communities of belonging...Phelan's writing is of value to scholars of religion, ritual, music, and ethnic studies as well as anyone interested ... Read more