U2, Globalization, and the Identity Trade

Home

• Introduction
• Modern Irish Nationalism
• Problems with Irish Identity
  • Diaspora
  • Religion and Secularization
  • Hybridity, Diaspora and Globalization
  • Summary
• Folk/Traditional Music
• U2
• Origin
• Pop/Rock Authenticity
• U2's Style and Authenticity
• "Early Period"
• Pop Periphery and the Global Bubble
• U2's Identity Trade
  • "Global Period"
  • In Their Own Words...
  • Americanization and Commercialization
• U2 vs The Pogues
  • The Pogues' Style and Authenticity
  • Hybridity and Diaspora
  • International vs National
• Summary and Conclusion
• Bibliography

"Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2

James Stephen Farrelly

Music 401: Senior Seminar

Davidson College

e-mail: jafarrelly@davidson.edu