Ireland and Popular Culture Ireland and Popular Culture
Band 54 – Reimagining Ireland

Ireland and Popular Culture

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This book explores the differences between 'high' and low' cultures in an Irish context, arguing that these differences require constant revision and redefinition. The volume includes analysis of famous Irish writers such as Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, who are commonly regarded as part of the canon of elite Irish literature but who have either used elements of popular culture in their work, or else occupy a special position in popular culture themselves. Other chapters examine the elusiveness of the boundary between elite and popular culture using objects such as postcards, digital animation, surfing and the teaching of Irish mythology in schools, and demonstrating how this boundary is constantly renegotiated through subversion and parody or through the recycling of folk culture by state institutions. The book also explores the dichotomy between an 'authentic' Irish culture, as allegedly exemplified by Irish folklore, mythology, sport and theatre, all of which have been claimed as markers of national identity, and fabricated Irishness, designed to fit commercial or political purposes. The case of Ireland provides a rich and fascinating example of the debates which underlie the study of popular culture around the world today.

GENRE
Belletristik und Literatur
ERSCHIENEN
2014
17. März
SPRACHE
EN
Englisch
UMFANG
249
Seiten
VERLAG
Peter Lang AG
GRÖSSE
3
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