From prosperity to austerity : a socio-cultural critique of the Celtic Tiger and its aftermath / edited by Eamon Maher, Eugene O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maher, Eamon, editor.

O'Brien, Eugene, 1958- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--Economic conditions--1949-.

Ireland.

Economic conditions.

Ireland--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Summary:

This collection examines the Irish economic phenomenon of the Celtic Tiger and the financial disaster that came in its wake, from a socio-cultural perspective. It focuses on how these financial developments have been reflected in writing film and culture in order to offer a more rounded analysis of the effects of this momentous period on people's lives. Employing a wide range of cultural lenses, the book critiques the Cultural political and aesthetic implications of the progression from prosperity to austerity and the impact this has had on the psyche of Irish culture. An eclectic mix of theoretical approaches enables treatment of religion, literature, popular culture, photography, gastronomy, music, gender, immigration and film, as contributors assess how the Celtic Tiger was represented, or misrepresented, in these particular spheres of experience. In addition the chapters also probe the effects on all of the aforementioned cultural forms, and interrogate how the lives of people have been transformed in ways that go beyond the already well-documented areas of economics and finance. The book will be a valuable resource for academics and students interested in contemporary Ireland and recent Irish history, as well as the general reader anxious to understand the effects of this particular period on the real lives of people as expressed through culture. It features contributions by internationally acknowledged experts in their fields and offers a comprehensive overview of the cultural consequences of the Celtic Tiger and its aftermath. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Crisis, what crisis? The Catholic Church during the Celtic Tiger Years / Eamon Maher Maher, Eamon 19

2 The Celtic Tiger and new Irish religious Market / Catherine Maignant Maignant, Catherine 32

3 Shattered assumptions: a tale of two traumas / Brendan Geary Geary, Brendan 47

4 'Tendency-wit': the cultural unconscious of the Celtic Tiger in the writings of Paul Howard / Eugene O'Brien O'Brien, Eugene 62

5 Popular music and the Celtic Tiger / Gerry Smyth Smyth, Gerry 76

6 'What does a woman want?': Irish contemporary women's fiction and the expression of desire in an era of plenty / Sylvie Mikowski Mikowski, Sylvie 89

7 Topographies of terror: Photography and the Post-Celtic Tiger landscape / Justin Carville Carville, Justin 103

8 Immigration and the Celtic Tiger / Bryan Fanning Fanning, Bryan 119

9 'What rough beast'? Monsters of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland / Kieran Keohane Keohane, Kieran, Carmen Kuhling Kuhling, Carmen 133

10 Women, fictional messages and a crucial decade / Mary Pierse Pierse, Mary 148

11 'A hundred thousand welcomes': food and wine as cultural signifiers / Brian Murphy Murphy, Brian 161

12 Contemporary Irish fiction and the indirect gaze / Neil Murphy Murphy, Neil 174

13 'Holes in the ground': theatre as critic and conscience of Celtic Tiger Ireland / Vic Merriman Merriman, Vic 188

14 'Ship of fools': The Celtic Tiger and Poetry as social critique / Eóin Flannery Flannery, Eóin 203

15 Between modernity and marginality: Celtic Tiger cinema / Ruth Barton Barton, Ruth 218.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780719091674

0719091675

0719091683

9780719091681

OCLC:

880772439