CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
ONE Mother Ireland and the Queen of Irish Fiddlers: Women Musicians and the Nation in Early Twentieth-Century Ireland 25
TWO The Not-So-Strange Disappearance of Treasa Ní Ailpín (Teresa Halpin): Class, Gender, and Musical Style in Early Twentieth-Century Ireland 64
THREE Biography, Musical Life, and Gender: Julia Clifford as a Woman Traditional Musician 98
FOUR Subjectivity, Flow, and “the Music Itself” 135
FIVE Playing Right and the Right to Play: (Dis)identification Tactics Among Queer Musicians and Musicians of Color 153
Notes 179
Bibliography 207
Index 225
