Reading List

Reading List

Suggested reading for Irish dance history,
ethnography, methodology, and philosophy.

Irish Dance & Music

• Brennan, Helen. “The Story of Irish Dance”. Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1999

• Foley, Catherine. “Step Dancing in Ireland: Culture and History”. Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2013

• Murphy, Pat. “Toss the Feathers”. Mercier Press, 1995

• Foley, Catherine. “Irish Traditional Dancing in North Kerry: A Contextual and Structural Analysis"“. North Kerry Literary Trust, 2012

• Ó hAllmhuráin, Gearóid. “O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music”. The O’Brien Press Ltd, 1998

• Taylor, Barry. “Music in a Breeze of Wind”. Barry Taylor, 2013

• Slominski, Tes. “Trad Nation: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Traditional Irish Music”. Wesleyan University Press, 2019

• Cullinane, John. “Aspects of the History of Irish Dancing in Ireland, England, New Zealand, North America and Australia”. John Cullinane, 1987

• Breathnach, Breandan. “Folk Music and Dances of Ireland”. Mercier Press, 1977

Tutorials

• Tubridy, Michael. “A Selection of Irish Traditional Step Dances”. Brooks Academy, 2018

• Dunne, Shannon. “Sean-Nós Reels: A Guide”. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Methodology & Philosophy

• Said, Edward. “Orientalism”. Vintage, 1979

• Chang, Heewon. “Autoethnography as Method”. ‎ Routledge, 2009

• Schensul, Jean J.; LeCompte, Margaret Diane. “Essential Ethnographic Methods”. Altamira Press, 2012

• Coulmas, Florian. “Identity: A Very Short Introduction”. Oxford University Press, 2019

• Geertz, Clifford. “The Interpretation of Cultures”. Basic Books, 1977