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Performing Modernity
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Description
Were there flappers in Ireland? Was there really a Cabaret Club in Dublin in 1926? Using photographs, theatre and costume designs, letters, newspaper accounts, novels and other historical sources, Performing Modernity?offers a wholly new perspective on metropolitan life in the Irish Free State where people listen to jazz and go dancing, watch German Expressionist theatre, are interested in Soviet design, and attend pageants, cabarets and fancy dress balls.
The early years of Irish independence are often characterised as isolated and conservative as the country recovered from the effects of the Civil War. This book argues that there was also ambition and optimism among the citizens of the new State as they embraced the promise of modernity in theatre, film and popular culture during the 1920s and 1930s.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
286
Release Date:
2026-01-22
Publication Date:
2026-01-22
Publisher:
Methuen Drama
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1350258075
ISBN13:
9781350258075
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
596 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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