The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture (Cambridge Companions to Culture)

This Companion provides an authoritative introduction to the historical, social and stylistic complexities of modern Irish culture. It introduces Irish culture in its broadest sense and guides the reader through the cultural and theoretical debates that inform our understanding of modern Ireland. The range of topics covered by the contributors demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of Irish culture and the development of modern Ireland. 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 Range Of Topics Covered Will Enable A Comprehensive Understanding Of Irish Culture, And The New Essays By Acknowledged Experts, Together With The Chronology And Guides To Further Reading, Make This An Invaluable Guide To The Shaping Of Modern Ireland.--jacket. Introduction: Ireland And Modernity / Joe Cleary -- Part I. Cultural Politics -- The Survival Of The Union / Alvin Jackson -- Language, Ideology And National Identity / Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh -- Religion, Identity, State And Society / Tom Inglis -- Republicanism, Nationalism And Unionism: Changing Contexts, Cultures And Ideologies / Liam O'dowd -- Irish Feminism / Siobhán Kilfeather -- Migration And Diaspora / Mary J. Hickman -- The Cultural Effects Of The Famine / Kevin Whelan -- Part Ii. Cultural Practices And Cultural Forms -- Modernism And The Irish Revival / Emer Nolan -- Poetry In Ireland / Bernard O'donoghue -- Irish Sport / Alan Bairner -- Projecting The Nation: Cinema And Culture / Luke Gibbons -- Folk Culture / Diarmuid Ó Giolláin -- Irish Prose Fiction / Pádraigín Riggs, Norman Vance -- Irish Music / Lillis Ó Laoire -- Modern Architecture And National Identity In Ireland / Hugh Campbell -- The Visual Arts In Ireland / Fintan Cullen -- Irish Theatre / Christopher Morash. Edited By Joe Cleary And Claire Connolly. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture......Page 2 Contents......Page 5 Illustrations......Page 7 Contributors......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 16 1 Introduction: Ireland and modernity......Page 32 2 The survival of the Union......Page 54 3 Language, ideology and national identity......Page 71 4 Religion, identity, state and society......Page 88 5 Republicanism, nationalism and unionism: changing contexts, cultures and ideologies......Page 107 6 Irish feminism......Page 125 7 Migration and diaspora......Page 146 8 The cultural effects of the Famine......Page 166 9 Modernism and the Irish revival......Page 184 10 Poetry in Ireland......Page 200 11 Irish sport......Page 217 12 Projecting the nation: cinema and culture......Page 233 13 Folk culture......Page 252 14 Irish prose fiction......Page 272 15 Irish music......Page 294 16 Modern architecture and national identity in Ireland......Page 312 17 The visual arts in Ireland......Page 331 18 Irish theatre......Page 349 Index......Page 366 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