George Legg

Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom

Conflict, capital and culture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the capitalist critiques that underpin representations of sectarian conflict in poetry, photography, performance, oral-testimony and punk.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 569g
• ISBN-13: 9781526145895
• ISBN-10: 1526145898
• Artikelnr.: 58024995

Autorenporträt

George Legg is Lecturer in Liberal Arts and London at King's College, London

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the price of peace 1 Geographies of boredom and the new city
of Craigavon 2 'Middle-class shits': political apathy and the poetry of
Derek Mahon 3 Double negative: the psychogeography of sectarianism in
Northern Irish photography 4 Monotony and control: re-reading Internment 5
'The brightest spot in Ulster': total history and the H-Blocks in film
Conclusion: Alternative Ulster?