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Transformations in Irish Culture
Luke Gibbons
出版
University of Notre Dame Press
, 1996
主題
History / Europe / Ireland
History / World
Philosophy / General
Political Science / World / European
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / European Studies
ISBN
0268018936
9780268018931
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ofELAQAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
From a variety of perspectives, the essays explore the complex intersections between culture and politics, nation and state, periphery and centre, and 'high' and 'popular' culture in Irish life. Cultural representations are shown not as simply reflecting, but actively helping to constitute and transform social experience. As a consequence, national identity is not a fixed entity but must be understood in terms of specific cultural practices, the multiple narratives and symbolic forms through which we make sense of our lives. The author argues that this requires a rethinking of key concepts of tradition and modernity, race, gender, and class as they bear on an understanding of contemporary Ireland. The aim throughout is to work towards non-exclusivist and open-ended forms of identity which allow a critical engagement with both past and present, and open up new possibilities for the future.