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'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream

- The Image of Ireland and the Irish in American Popular Song Lyrics, 1800-1920
Af: William H. Williams Engelsk Paperback

'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream

- The Image of Ireland and the Irish in American Popular Song Lyrics, 1800-1920
Af: William H. Williams Engelsk Paperback
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Over time, the image of the Irish in the United States changed from that of hard-drinking Paddies to genial working-class citizens. 

In ''Twas Only an Irishman''s Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than seven hundred pieces of sheet music--popular songs from the stage and for the parlor--to show how Americans'' opinions of Ireland and the Irish swung from one extreme to the other. 

As Williams shows, sheet music''s place as a commercial item meant it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. Negotiations about the image of the Irish and Irish Americans involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups on one side, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, revealing how societies create ethnic stereotypes and how such stereotypes evolve, and even disappear, from mainstream popular culture.

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Over time, the image of the Irish in the United States changed from that of hard-drinking Paddies to genial working-class citizens. 

In ''Twas Only an Irishman''s Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than seven hundred pieces of sheet music--popular songs from the stage and for the parlor--to show how Americans'' opinions of Ireland and the Irish swung from one extreme to the other. 

As Williams shows, sheet music''s place as a commercial item meant it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. Negotiations about the image of the Irish and Irish Americans involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups on one side, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, revealing how societies create ethnic stereotypes and how such stereotypes evolve, and even disappear, from mainstream popular culture.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 344
ISBN-13: 9780252065514
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0252065514
Udg. Dato: 1 sep 1996
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 152mm
Forlag: University of Illinois Press
Oplagsdato: 1 sep 1996
Forfatter(e): William H. Williams
Forfatter(e) William H. Williams


Kategori Folklore, myter og legender


ISBN-13 9780252065514


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 344


Udgave


Længde 31mm


Bredde 229mm


Højde 152mm


Udg. Dato 1 sep 1996


Oplagsdato 1 sep 1996


Forlag University of Illinois Press

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