Singing Ideas: Performance, Politics and Oral Poetry by Tr?ona N? Sh?och?in (Eng

Description: Singing Ideas by Tríona Ní Shíocháin The songs of the beloved Irish poet Maire Bhui Ni Laeire (Yellow Mary OLeary) explore themes of colonial subjection, oppression and injustice, representing an integral contribution to the development of anti-colonial thought in Ireland. Singing Ideas explores the significance of her work, and the immense power of her chosen medium. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Considered by many to be the greatest Irish song poet of her generation, Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire (Yellow Mary OLeary; 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 practitioner, Máire Bhuí composed songs whose ecstatic, radical vision stirred her community to revolt and helped to shape nineteenth-century Irish anti-colonial thought. This provocative and richly theorized study explores the re-creative, liminal aspect of song, treating it as a performative social process that cuts to the very root of identity and thought formation, thus re-imagining the history of ideas in society. Author Biography Tríona Ní Shíocháin is a whistle-player, singer and interdisciplinary scholar specializing in performance theory, oral theory and Irish-language song and poetry. She is Professor of Modern Irish and Performing Arts at Maynooth University, and was previously Lecturer in Irish Traditional Music at University College, Cork. She is author of Bláths Craobh na nÚdar: Amhráin Mháire Bhuí (2012). Table of Contents Chapter 1. Singing Ideas: An Alternative History of Thought(Un)doing History: The Authority of Literacy and the Performativity of ThoughtOral Trouble and Womens Voices: Searching for IntellectualTraditions Beyond the Written WordSinging Politics and Power in Society: Some Comparative ExamplesSeizing Agency: Women of SongBeyond the Limits of Textuality: Performing the Past and Performing ThoughtChapter 2. Where Everything Trembles in the Balance: Song as a Liminal Ludic SpaceThe Theory of LiminalityPerforming Liminality: Poetry as a Symbolic Marker for Liminality in the Irish TraditionA Journey to the Sacred and Back: The Liminality of the Aisling (Vision)Song and Oral Poetic Performance as RitualSeparating from the Profane: Ekstasis and SongMoments of Potentiality: The Antistructure of Melody and Verse in the Irish TraditionThe Ritual Powers of (Song) Poetry: Satire, Insult and FearlessnessThe Potentiality of the Play-Sphere: The Challenging Discourse of SongThe Singer of Ideas as Seer of Communitas: The Liminality of Song and the Generation of IdeasChapter 3. Singing Parrhesia: Máire Bhuí Ní Laeire, Song Performance and Politics in Nineteenth-Century IrelandMáire Bhuí Ní Laeire: Nineteenth-Century Song PoetIrish-Language Song-Making: Poetry as Performance and the Aesthetics of OralityMultiformity and Oral Formulaic TechniquesLocal Agrarian Agitation and the Creation of the Poetic RadicalCrisis and Charisma: The Song Poet as Prophet and Truth-TellerIdentity and the Aesthetics of Orality: New Ideas and the Narrative of BelongingFraming the Revolution: Performing Antistructure and the Vision of the Revolution through SongFrom Generation to Generation to Regeneration: The Legacy of Ideas through SongConclusion: Singing Ideas in Society: Experience, Song and Passing ThroughAppendix of Songs and LoreBibliographyIndex Review "Structured into three eloquent chapters and a conclusion, the book features a detailed appendix section containing the Irish compositions, the English translations and the music transcriptions, as well as a list of sound recordings, bibliography and discography. As readers, we are left with a thirsty ear, craving to listen to Máire Bhuí Ní Laeires musical makings, perhaps hoping to gain an aural glimpse into those liminal moments of sheer potentiality that have inspired generations of women, and men, before us." • Scenario"Singing Ideas: Performance, Politics, and Oral Poetry, presents an innovative take on researching the ephemeral, non-textual archives of oral tradition…Ní Shíocháins weaving of frameworks from philosophy and literature in Singing Ideas will be useful to anyone studying performance of the subaltern, embodiment, and unjust political structures of power." • Ethnomusicology Review"This excellent book gives a concise, comprehensive overview of oral poetry in a crisply written style, confidently delivered and supported by rigorous scholarship." • Lillis Ó Laoire, National University of Ireland, Galway Review Quote "This excellent book gives a concise, comprehensive overview of oral poetry in a crisply written style, confidently delivered and supported by rigorous scholarship." Lillis Laoire, National University of Ireland, Galway Details ISBN178533767X Publisher Berghahn Books ISBN-10 178533767X ISBN-13 9781785337673 Format Hardcover Imprint Berghahn Books Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 11 figures DEWEY 782.42162916 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-12-29 Short Title Singing Ideas Language English Series Number 12 Pages 214 UK Release Date 2017-12-29 AU Release Date 2017-12-29 NZ Release Date 2017-12-29 Subtitle Performance, Politics and Oral Poetry Series Dance and Performance Studies Audience Professional & Vocational Author Tríona Ní Shíocháin We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126578170;

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