The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture

An authoritative introduction to the historical, social and stylistic complexities of modern Irish culture.

Joe Cleary (Edited by), Claire Connolly (Edited by)

9780521820097, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 January 2005

420 pages, 9 b/w illus. 1 map
23.5 x 15.8 x 3 cm, 0.789 kg

'This addition to the Cambridge Companion series aspires to do more than simply provide a solid source of reference for the student of modern Irish culture … This rethinking of historical narratives provides an illuminating frame for understanding Ireland's experience over the last two centuries. … stimulating collection.' Irish University Review

This Companion provides an authoritative introduction to the historical, social and stylistic complexities of modern Irish culture. Readers will be introduced to Irish culture in its widest sense and helped to find their way through the cultural and theoretical debates that inform our understanding of modern Ireland. The volume combines cultural breadth and historical depth, supported by a chronology of Irish history and arts. A wide selection of essays on a rich variety of Irish cultural forms and practices are complemented by a series of in-depth analyses of key themes in Irish cultural politics. The range of topics covered will enable a comprehensive understanding of Irish culture, while the authors gathered here - all acknowledged experts in their fields - provide stimulating essays that together amount to an invaluable guide to the shaping of modern Ireland.

List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
1. Introduction: Ireland and modernity Joe Cleary
Part I. Cultural Politics: 2. The survival of the Union Alvin Jackson
3. Language, ideology and national identity Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
4. Religion, identity, state and society Tom Inglis
5. Republicanism, Nationalism and Unionism: changing contexts, cultures and ideologies Liam O'Dowd
6. Irish feminism Siobhán Kilfeather
7. Migration and diaspora Mary J. Hickman
8. The cultural effects of the famine Kevin Whelan
Part II. Cultural Practices and Cultural Forms: 9. Modernism and the Irish revival Emer Nolan
10. Poetry in Ireland Bernard O'Donoghue
11. Irish sport Alan Bairner
12. Projecting the nation: cinema and culture Luke Gibbons
13. Folk culture Diarmuid Ó Giolláin
14. Irish prose fiction Pádraigín Riggs and Norman Vance
15. Irish music Lillis Ó Laoire
16. Modern architecture and national identity in Ireland Hugh Campbell
17. The visual arts in Ireland Fintan Cullen
18. Irish theatre Christopher Morash
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]