"I'm gonna be free": listening to expressions of queer identity and cultural Catholicism in the music of contemporary Irish artists

dc.contributor.advisorMarshall, Melanie L
dc.contributor.advisorGale, Emily
dc.contributor.advisorRollefson, J. Griffith
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Lauraen
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T09:34:37Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T09:34:37Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.submitted2024
dc.description.abstractThis project is the culmination of my research into the relationship between Irish cultural Catholicism and queer Irish identity as revealed and complicated through music. For many, queer identity and Irish identity are polarised, situated at a point of tension as a result of the homophobic teachings of the Catholic church, an institution which has historically held immense power in Ireland. I will explore this contentious relationship, drawing from personal experience as well as those of other queer Irish people to examine what it means to be a queer person in Ireland today. With this as the contextual background for my case studies, I will examine the use of religious images, language and symbols by contemporary Irish queer musicians. Finally, I will explore the impact of this for queer listeners, and the participation of these musicians in the imagining of a queer Irish utopia through music.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationFleming, L. 2024. "I'm gonna be free": listening to expressions of queer identity and cultural Catholicism in the music of contemporary Irish artists. MRes Thesis, University College Cork.
dc.identifier.endpage116
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16401
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2024, Laura Fleming.
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectMusicology
dc.subjectQueer
dc.subjectCatholicism
dc.subjectIreland
dc.title"I'm gonna be free": listening to expressions of queer identity and cultural Catholicism in the music of contemporary Irish artists
dc.typeMasters thesis (Research)en
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMRes - Master of Research
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