Collision culture : transformations in everyday life in Ireland
2004, First Edition. Dublin : The Liffey Press. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly edgeworn and dust-dulled, with prelims and text edges faintly foxed. Remains strong and well-preserved overall; internally tight and clean. Item #474917
ISBN: 1904148611
Physical description; viii, 204 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204). Contents; Road traffic accidents and the experience of accelerated modernisation in Ireland – Unanticipated consequences of accelerated modernisation : the Sheedy case – Understanding Irish suicides – Case studies in the localisation of the global : celebrity in contemporary Irish culture – Irish consumerism as collective gift relations – Between the mountaintop and the marketplace : new-age travellers, lifestyle politics and the critique of consumer culture – What was the Celtic tiger? : a semantic deconstruction of a collective representation – Millenarianism and utopianism in the new Ireland : the tragedy (and comedy) of accelerated modernisation. Subjects; Ireland – Social life and customs – 20th century. Ireland – Social conditions – 20th century. Ireland – Economic conditions – 20th century. Social change – Ireland. Civilization, Modern – 1950-. Culture – Ireland. Celtic Tiger. Modernisation.
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