Dance-work: Images of organization in Irish dance
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2008-09
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Kavanagh, Donncha
Kuhling, Carmen
Keohane, Kieran
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Sage Publications
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The Irish economic boom, commonly known as the Celtic Tiger, provides an interesting and unique opportunity to explore the relationship between the profound shifts in the organization of working life and in the production and consumption of culture. In this paper, we confine our inquiry into the relationship with one aspect of popular culture, namely dance, focusing on the phenomenon of Riverdance which emerged contemporaneously with the Celtic Tiger. We argue that both are deeply immersed in larger organizing discourses, historical narratives about national identity and civilizing attempts to control the body. We identify three distinct 'moments' in the development of Irish dance, which we label as pre-national, 'Traditional' Ireland; national, 'Modern', Parochial Ireland and global, 'Post-modern' Ireland. This provides a narrative through which we explore the transformation of working relations in Ireland during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Celtic Tiger , Riverdance
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Kavanagh, D., Kuhling, C., Keohane, K., 2008. Dance-work: Images of Organization in Irish Dance. Organization, 15 (5), pp.725-742.
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