The Politics of Irish Memory: Performing Remembrance in Contemporary Irish Culture

Type

Book

Authors

E. Pine

ISBN 10

0230247415

ISBN 13

9780230247413

Tags

History & Criticism, Humor & Entertainment, Great Britain, Historical Study & Educational Resources, History & Philosophy, Communication & Media Studies, Sociology, Europe, Theater, Science & Mathematics, Media Studies

Description

Irish culture is obsessed with the past, and this book asks why and how. In an innovative reading of Irish culture since 1980, Emilie Pine provides a new analysis of theatre, film, television, memoir and art, and interrogates the anti-nostalgia that characterizes so much of contemporary Irish culture. - from Amzon

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