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All Dressed Up: Modern Irish Historical Pageantry (Irish Studies)
Joan Fitzpatrick Dean
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Description for All Dressed Up: Modern Irish Historical Pageantry (Irish Studies)
Hardcover. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 738.
In the early twentieth century, publicly staged productions of significant historical, political, and religious events became increasingly popular - and increasingly grand - in Ireland. These public pageants, a sort of precursor to today’s opening ceremonies at the Olympic games, mobilized huge numbers of citizens to present elaborately staged versions of Irish identity based on both history and myth. Complete with marching bands, costumes, fireworks, and mock battles, these spectacles were suffused with political and national significance.
Dean explores the historical significance of these pageants, explaining how their popularity correlated to political or religious imperatives in twentieth century Ireland. ... Read more
In the early twentieth century, publicly staged productions of significant historical, political, and religious events became increasingly popular - and increasingly grand - in Ireland. These public pageants, a sort of precursor to today’s opening ceremonies at the Olympic games, mobilized huge numbers of citizens to present elaborately staged versions of Irish identity based on both history and myth. Complete with marching bands, costumes, fireworks, and mock battles, these spectacles were suffused with political and national significance.
Dean explores the historical significance of these pageants, explaining how their popularity correlated to political or religious imperatives in twentieth century Ireland. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Irish Studies
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815633747
SKU
V9780815633747
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99-91
About Joan Fitzpatrick Dean
Joan FitzPatrick Dean is Curators Professor of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. She is the author of Riot and Great Anger: Stage Censorship in Twentieth-Century Ireland.
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