The scrutiny of Irish culture through the lens of humour is highly revealing, contributing to an alternative, and sometimes irreverent, reading of events. This volume investigates how writers, playwrights, politicians, historians, filmmakers, artists and activists have used irreverence and humour to explore the contradictions of Irish society.
The scrutiny of Irish culture through the lens of humour is highly revealing, contributing to an alternative, and sometimes irreverent, reading of eve...
This volume assesses the role of counter-discourses as non-violent forms of resistance to the status quo in core domains of Irish social, cultural and political life. It explores issues such as law enforcement, parliamentary debate, marriage and the family, the Northern Ireland conflict, institutional abuse and the Catholic Church.
This volume assesses the role of counter-discourses as non-violent forms of resistance to the status quo in core domains of Irish social, cultural and...
C'est la qualité transculturelle, atemporelle et transgénérique des textes de Colum McCann qui intéresse cet ouvrage. L'auteur n'ancre complètement son oeuvre dans aucune tradition, aucun courant ou mode défini, et propose des textes récalcitrants à toute tentative de classification.
C'est la qualité transculturelle, atemporelle et transgénérique des textes de Colum McCann qui intéresse cet ouvrage. L'auteur n'ancre complèteme...