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Singing the Rite to Belong: Ritual, Music, and the New Irish - Oxford Ritual Studies Series Phelan, Helen (Professor of Arts Practice, Professor of Arts Practice, University of Limerick)
Singing the Rite to Belong: Ritual, Music, and the New Irish - Oxford Ritual Studies Series
Phelan, Helen (Professor of Arts Practice, Professor of Arts Practice, University of Limerick)
Two decades of ethnographic, pedagogical and musical experience in Ireland inform Helen Phelan's investigation of the singing voice in ritual performance. She examines diverse ritual practices including community-based festivals, children's carnivals, women's choirs, university-based ritual laboratories, rituals of the established Irish Catholic churches, as well as those of new religious communities against the backdrop of economic, social, religious, and culturalchanges in twenty-first century Ireland.
336 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 1, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9780190672232 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 156 × 25 mm · 480 g |
| Language | English |