Keening Community: Mná Caointe, Women, Death, and Power in Ireland
Thesis advisor: Kevin O'Neill === This is a study of mna caointe, Irish keening women. Ranging from the semi-professional to the more occasional, mna caointe performed the caoineadh (Irish women's lament) at wakes and funerals and led their communities in the public expression of grief....
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Boston College
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2410 |