Overview

The signing of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998, marked the beginning of a new era of peace and stability in Northern Ireland. As the public overwhelmingly rejected a return to the violence of the Troubles, loyalist and republican groups sought other outlets to continue their struggle. Music, which has long been used to celebrate cultural identity in the North of Ireland, became a key means of facilitating the continuation of pre-Agreement identity narratives in a ""post-conflict"" era. Sounding Dissent draws on three years of sustained fieldwork within Belfast's rebel music scene, in-depth interviews with republican musicians, contemporary audiences, and former paramilitaries, as well as diverse historical and archival material, including songbooks, prison records, and newspaper articles, to understand the history of political violence in Ireland.The book examines the potential of rebel songs to memorialize a pantheon of republican martyrs, and demonstrates how musical performance and political song not only articulate experiences and memories of oppression and violence, but also play a central role in the reproduction of conflict and exclusion in times of peace.

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Excellent and original work... the depth of primary research and the evidence of immersion in a closed world give this book an attractive energy and focus. --Popular Music and Society--Stan Erraught Popular Music and Society (7/31/2020 12:00:00 AM) Millar's particular contribution stems from his attempt to remap, rethink, and develop resistance studies. In so doing, the author brings a wealth of detail and insight into the roles played by music and conflict in recent Irish history, in a manner that is suitable for a broader audience, whilst also informing the sub-field of 'ethnomusicology in times of trouble'.... every university library needs a copy. --Ethnomusicology Forum--Patrick Egan Ethnomusicology Forum (10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM) Millar's rich and evocative study will enlighten readers interested in Irish history, memory politics and ethnomusicology. It illustrates that the Irish republican movement has by no means run out of cultural resources to exploit. --Cercles--Stephen Hopkins Cercles

A welcome ameliorative to the dearth of attention that rebel songs have received over the years . . . Millar gives excellent insights into the development and influences on the contemporary canon of rebel songs . . . the deep dive into rebel subculture in Belfast in this study is one of its many strengths. --Irish Political Studies-- Irish Political Studies Excellent and original work. . . . the depth of primary research and the evidence of immersion in a closed world give this book an attractive energy and focus. --Popular Music and Society--Stan Erraught Popular Music and Society (7/31/2020 12:00:00 AM) Millar's particular contribution stems from his attempt to remap, rethink, and develop resistance studies. In so doing, the author brings a wealth of detail and insight into the roles played by music and conflict in recent Irish history, in a manner that is suitable for a broader audience, whilst also informing the sub-field of 'ethnomusicology in times of trouble'. . . . every university library needs a copy. --Ethnomusicology Forum--Patrick Egan Ethnomusicology Forum (10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM) Sets the standard for oral historians of Northern Irish political culture. --Irish Historical Studies-- Irish Historical Studies Millar's rich and evocative study will enlighten readers interested in Irish history, memory politics and ethnomusicology. It illustrates that the Irish republican movement has by no means run out of cultural resources to exploit. --Cercles--Stephen Hopkins Cercles

Sets the standard for oral historians of Northern Irish political culture. --Irish Historical Studies-- Irish Historical Studies Excellent and original work... the depth of primary research and the evidence of immersion in a closed world give this book an attractive energy and focus. --Popular Music and Society--Stan Erraught Popular Music and Society (7/31/2020 12:00:00 AM) Millar's particular contribution stems from his attempt to remap, rethink, and develop resistance studies. In so doing, the author brings a wealth of detail and insight into the roles played by music and conflict in recent Irish history, in a manner that is suitable for a broader audience, whilst also informing the sub-field of 'ethnomusicology in times of trouble'.... every university library needs a copy. --Ethnomusicology Forum--Patrick Egan Ethnomusicology Forum (10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM) Millar's rich and evocative study will enlighten readers interested in Irish history, memory politics and ethnomusicology. It illustrates that the Irish republican movement has by no means run out of cultural resources to exploit. --Cercles--Stephen Hopkins Cercles

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Stephen R. Millar is Lecturer in Anthropology and Ethnomusicology at Queen's University Belfast.

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