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Women in Irish Traditional Music

by Joanne Cusack
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781837652013
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Boydell Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Boydell Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 312
  • Original Price: GBP 85.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 617 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional

Traces the position, experiences and reception of women in Irish traditional music through detailed ethnographic and statistical findings.

This book is the first of its kind to engage with the larger subject of women in commercial Irish traditional music. It considers the experiences of performers in the various commercial arenas of the tradition, while also engaging in critical discussions of choice, agency, feminism and sexualisation. It reveals how the commercial music industry and Celtic music label continues to place women within a stereotypical idealised role or occupation.

The book provides new insight into the legacy of women-led bands and compilations as well as their impact on Irish traditional music over five decades. Its findings on commercial dance shows are equally significant. While these shows had a positive impact on performers, at the same time they enforced gendered, racial and heteronormative expectations.

Drawing on extensive ethnographic and statistical research, the book finds strong evidence that women and other marginalised practitioners continue to face greater challenges and different expectations when maintaining a professional career and participating in Irish traditional music. It also uncovers characteristics and dynamics related to the recreational and commercial spaces of the Irish traditional music and Irish dance scene that enable harmful and predatory behaviour.

The author's findings support understandings and aid future legislation for creating a safe, inclusive and equitable performance space for all.

Cover artwork by Claire Prouvost

Cusack, Joanne: - JOANNE CUSACK delivers lectures on performance, ethnomusicology, musicology, gender and sexuality studies at the Department of Music, Maynooth University. She is also an Irish traditional musician who has performed both nationally and internationally, and is a co-founder of the activist organisation, FairPlé. In May 2024, Joanne was shortlisted for the Public Engagements Awards at Maynooth University for her research and activist work. In January 2025, Joanne was named as the winner of the Harry White Doctoral Prize of the Society for Musicology in Ireland.

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