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Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Texts

Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Texts

Bracken, Claire

Hardcover

AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1859184960
ISBN13: 9781859184967
Publisher: Cork Univ Pr
Published: Feb 28 2013
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.35
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Over the last twenty years, Ireland has undergone significant transformation and, as a consequence, notions of Irish identity and nationality have been in constant flux. For this reason, it is a timely moment to consider visual representations, both past and present, of Irish cultural life, and contribute to conversations about questions such as: What kind of iconic currencies does Ireland have? How should we see them? Are there specific ideological frameworks operating when we imagine Ireland? Can we imagine Irishness differently?



Viewpoints explores the ways in which visual texts engage with questions of Irish culture, and the manner in which those texts are received, circulated, and consumed. By way of recourse to a range of theoretical positions that include feminism, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, philosophy, and queer theory, the collection presents multiple and variegated perspectives on Irish texts, culture, society, and life. With essays on theories of visualization and early Irish photography, adaptation and memory in the diasporic image, identities in Irish photographic art, the advertising of therapeutic wellness sites, as well as essays which read and focus on Irish film and television differently, this book brings new critical readings to how we see Irish culture.

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