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Music and Identity in Ireland and Beyond
Music and Identity in Ireland and Beyond represents the first interdisciplinary volume of chapters on an intricate cultural field that can be experienced and interpreted in manifold ways, whether in Ireland (The Republic of Ireland and/or Northern Ireland), among its diaspora(s), or further afield. While each contributor addresses particular themes viewed from discrete perspectives, collectively the book contemplates whether ‘music in Ireland’ can be regarded as one interrelated plane of cultural and/or national identity, given the various conceptions and contexts of both Ireland (geographical, political, diasporic, mythical) and Music (including a proliferation of practices and genres) ...
The Irishness of Irish Music
This book brings together important material from a range of sources and highlights how government organizations, musicians, academics and commercial companies are concerned with, and seek to use, a particular notion of Irish musical identity. Rooting the study in the context of the recent history of popular, traditional and classical music in Ireland, as well as providing an overview of aspects of the national field of music production and consumption, O'Flynn goes on to argue that the relationship between Irish identity and Irish music emerges as a contested site of meaning. His analysis exposes the negotiation and articulation of civic, ethnic and economic ideas within a shifting hegemony...
John Flynn
Biography of John Flynn (1880-1951), who was instrumental in founding the Royal Flying Doctor Service, the School of the Air, and patrol padres in the Australian Inland Mission, and was also involved in establishing a network of hospitals, flying doctors, nursing homes and welfare centres linked by radio. Draws on previously unpublished material and tells of Flynn's early years in Victoria, his training as a Presbyterian minister, and his achievements as a minister in the outback with the Australian Inland Mission. Foreword by Flynn's successor, Rev. Dr Fred McKay OBE. Includes map and conversion table. Author has also written 'Flynn's Outback Angels', Volumes 1 and 2.
The Canada Law Journal
Includes section "Book reviews."
Rev. Dr. John Flynn
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