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Author Campbell, Sean, 1971- author.

Title "Irish blood, English heart" : second-generation Irish musicians in England / Sean Campbell
Edition First edition
Published Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations
Contents 'Dwellers on the Threshold': A Prologue to the Book (starting p. 1) -- 1. 'Here is a Protest': Intervention and Recovery in Dexys Midnight Runners (starting p. 11) -- 2. The Importance of Being (London) Irish: Hybridity, Essentialism and The Popes (starting p. 59) -- 3. 'Oscillate Wildly': Ambivalence, Elusiveness and The Smiths (starting p. 102) -- Coda: From the Margins to the Centre (starting p. 145) -- Notes & References (starting p. 159) -- Bibliography, Discography, Interviews, Films & TV/Radio Programmes (starting p. 225) -- Index (starting p. 250)
Summary Providing a full account of second-generation Irish cultural music production in post-war England, this book examines the work of artists such as Shane MacGowan, Kevin Rowland, Johnny Marr and Morrissey
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-249) and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 08, 2020)
Subject Popular music -- England -- History and criticism
Cultural fusion -- England
Children of immigrants -- England
Ethnicity in music.
Musicians -- England
Irish -- England -- Music -- History and criticism
Children of immigrants
Cultural fusion
Ethnicity in music
Irish -- Music
Musicians
Popular music
England
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781908634092
190863409X