Reinventing Ireland
Culture, Society and the Global Economy
Peadar Kirby editor Michael Cronin editor Luke Gibbons editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pluto Press
Published:20th Apr '02
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Over the last decade the Irish economy has experienced a period of unprecedented growth which has earned it the title Celtic Tiger. This success has been interpreted by academic commentators as marking a social and cultural transformation, what some have called the reinvention of Ireland. The essays in this book challenge the largely positive interpretation of Ireland's changing social order.
The authors identify the ways in which culture and society have been made subservient to the needs of the market in this new neoliberal Ireland. They draw on subversive strands in Irish history and offer a broader and more robust understanding of culture as a site of resistance to the dominant social order and as a political means to fashion an alternative future.
'At the cutting edge of social and cultural commentary on Ireland' -- Books Ireland
ISBN: 9780745318240
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 361g
240 pages