Article

Taming “the tradition bear”: Reflections on gender, sexuality and race in the transmission of Irish traditional music

Tes Slominski

Published in: Ethnomusicology Ireland 7 (2021)

Pages: 8-16 | Published Online: April 2021

https://doi.org/10.64208/VFTY1817

Abstract

This piece investigates the metaphor of “tradition bearing” as reproductive and argues that this metaphor has had profound effects on discourses of gender, sexuality, and race/ethnicity in Irish traditional music, as well as on the lived experience of women, LGBTQ+ musicians, and musicians of colour in the genre.

Keywords: Women, gender, tradition, Irish traditional music

Author: Tes Slominski