Article

Women and Traditional/Folk Music: Building a Research Field

Méabh Ní Fhuartháin

Published in: Ethnomusicology Ireland 7 (2021)

Pages: 1-7 | Published Online: April 2021

https://doi.org/10.64208/ZPKW6799

Abstract

This introductory article offers a brief overview of the context and rationale leading to the publication of the special issue of Ethnomusicology Ireland with Women and Traditional/Folk Music as its theme. It situates this volume as a response to international and national movements of equality and change. Finally, it offers a summary literature review of available scholarship on the specific theme of Women and Irish Traditional/Folk Music, acknowledging the significant contribution of this issue to that field.

Keywords: Women, traditional music, folk music, research

Author: Méabh Ní Fhuartháin