Contemporary Irish Popular Culture : Transnationalism, Regionality, and Diaspora /

This book uses popular culture to highlight the intersections and interplay between ideologies, technological advancement and mobilities as they shape contemporary Irish identities. Marshalling case studies drawn from a wide spectrum of popular culture, including the mediated construction of promine...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McIntyre, Anthony P. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:	1st ed. 2022.
Subjects:	Motion pictures-Great Britain. Popular Culture. Ethnology-Great Britain. Culture. Great Britain-History. British Film and TV. British Culture. History of Britain and Ireland. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction-"Fractured Movement": Transnationalism, Regionality, and Diaspora in Contemporary Irish Popular Culture
2. Star Leverage, Local Matters, and Transnational Media: Chris O'Dowd, Moone Boy and Puffin Rock
3. Derry Girls and Cork Boys: Second Cities, Regional Identities and (Trans)National Tensions in the Contemporary Irish Sitcom
4. Transnationalism, Masculinity, and Diasporic Performativity in Irish Sport: Conor McGregor and James McClean
5. Irish Female Comedic Voices, Diasporic Melancholy, and Productive Irritation: Sharon Horgan, Aisling Bea and Maeve Higgins
6. Mammies and Sons: Mobilising Maternal and Filial Affect in Mrs Brown's Boys, 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy, and Philomena
7. Coda: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Irish Screen Media.