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From prosperity to austerity
A socio-cultural critique of the Celtic Tiger and its aftermath|
31,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 01.11.2015 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781526101471 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 240 |
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<p>This collection examines the Irish economic phenomenon of the Celtic Tiger and the financial disaster that came in its wake, from a socio-cultural perspective. It focuses on how these financial developments have been reflected in writing, film and culture in order to offer a more rounded analysis of the effects of this momentous period on people’s lives.<br><br>Employing a wide range of cultural lenses, the book critiques the cultural, political and aesthetic implications of the progression from prosperity to austerity and the impact this has had on the psyche of Irish culture. An eclectic mix of theoretical approaches enables treatment of religion, literature, popular culture, photography, gastronomy, music, gender, immigration and film, as contributors assess how the Celtic Tiger was represented, or misrepresented, in these particular spheres of experience.<br><br>In addition, the chapters also probe the effects on all of the aforementioned cultural forms, and interrogate how the lives of people have been transformed in ways that go beyond the already well-documented areas of economics and finance.<br><br>The book will be a valuable resource for academics and students interested in contemporary Ireland and recent Irish history, as well as the general reader anxious to understand the effects of this particular period on the real lives of people as expressed through culture. It features contributions by internationally acknowledged experts in their fields and offers a comprehensive overview of the cultural consequences of the Celtic Tiger and its aftermath.</p>
Examines the Celtic Tiger, the once much-vaunted Irish economic phenomenon, and the subsequent financial disaster, from a socio-cultural perspective
<p>Introduction – Eamon Maher and Eugene O’Brien<br>1. Crisis, what crisis? The Catholic Church during the Celtic Tiger – Eamon Maher<br>2. The Celtic Tiger and the new Irish religious market – Catherine Maignant<br>3. Shattered assumptions: a tale of two traumas – Brendan O’Brien<br>4.‘Tendency–Wit’: the cultural unconscious of the Celtic Tiger in the writings of Paul Howard – Eugene O’Brien<br>5. Popular music and the Celtic Tiger – Gerry Smyth<br>6. ‘What does a woman want?’: Irish contemporary women’s fiction and the expression of desire in an era of plenty – Sylvie Mikowski<br>7. Topographies of terror: photography and the post-Celtic Tiger landscape – Justin Carville<br>8. Immigration and Celtic Tiger – Bryan Fanning<br>9. ‘What Rough Beast’? Monsters of post-Celtic Tiger Ireland – Kieran Keohane and Carmen Kuhling<br>10. Women, fictional messages and a crucial decade – Mary Pierse<br>11. ‘A hundred thousand welcomes’: food and wine as cultural signifiers – Brian Murphy<br>12. Contemporary Irish fiction and the Indirect Gaze – Neil Murphy <br>13 ‘Holes in the Ground’: theatre as critic and conscience of Celtic Tiger Ireland – Vic Merriman<br>14. ‘Ship of Fools’: The Celtic Tiger and poetry as social critique – Eóin Flannery<br>15. Between modernity and marginality: Celtic Tiger cinema – Ruth Barton<br>Conclusion<br>Index</p>
<p>Eamon Maher is Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies at the Institute of Technology, Tallaght, where he also lectures in Humanities<br><br>Eugene O’Brien is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of English Language and Literature at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick</p>
<p>This collection examines the Irish economic phenomenon of the Celtic Tiger and the financial disaster that came in its wake, from a socio-cultural perspective. It focuses on how these financial developments have been reflected in writing, film and culture in order to offer a more rounded analysis of the effects of this momentous period on people’s lives.<br><br>Employing a wide range of cultural lenses, the book critiques the cultural, political and aesthetic implications of the progression from prosperity to austerity and the impact this has had on the psyche of Irish culture. An eclectic mix of theoretical approaches enables treatment of religion, literature, popular culture, photography, gastronomy, music, gender, immigration and film, as contributors assess how the Celtic Tiger was represented, or misrepresented, in these particular spheres of experience.<br><br>In addition, the chapters also probe the effects on all of the aforementioned cultural forms, and interrogate how the lives of people have been transformed in ways that go beyond the already well-documented areas of economics and finance.<br><br>The book will be a valuable resource for academics and students interested in contemporary Ireland and recent Irish history, as well as the general reader anxious to understand the effects of this particular period on the real lives of people as expressed through culture. It features contributions by internationally acknowledged experts in their fields and offers a comprehensive overview of the cultural consequences of the Celtic Tiger and its aftermath.</p>
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