Singing Ideas

Triona Ni Shiochain is a whistle-player, singer and interdisciplinary scholar specializing in performance theory and Irish-language song and poetry. She is Lecturer in Irish Traditional Music at University College, Cork, and was previously Lecturer in Irish Language and Literature at the University of Limerick. She is author of Blath's Craobh na nUdar: Amhrain Mhaire Bhui (2012).

• List of Figures Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Singing Ideas: An Alternative History of Thought Chapter 2. 'Where everything trembles in the balance': Song as a Liminal Ludic Space Chapter 3. Singing Parrhesia: Maire Bhui Ni Laeire, Song Performance and Politics in Nineteenth-century Ireland Conclusion: Singing Ideas in Society: Experience, Song and 'Passing Through' Appendix of Songs and Lore Including Parallel Translations Bibliography Index

"This excellent book gives a concise, comprehensive overview of oral poetry in a crisply written style, confidently delivered and supported by rigorous scholarship." * Lillis O Laoire, National University of Ireland, Galway