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Visualizing Dublin

Visual Culture, Modernity and the Representation of Urban Space

by Justin Carville (Volume editor)
©2014 Edited Collection X, 324 Pages
Series: Reimagining Ireland, Volume 48

Summary

Dublin has held an important place throughout Ireland’s cultural history. The shifting configurations of the city’s streetscapes have been marked by the ideological frameworks of imperialism, its architecture embedded within the cultural politics of the nation, and its monuments and sculptures mobilized to envision the economic ambitions of the state. This book examines the relationship of Dublin to Ireland’s social history through the city’s visual culture. Through specific case studies of Dublin’s streetscapes, architecture and sculpture and its depiction in literature, photography and cinema, the contributors discuss the significance of visual experiences and representations of the city to our understanding of Irish cultural life, both past and present.
Drawing together scholars from across the arts, humanities and social sciences, the collection addresses two emerging themes in Irish studies: the intersection of the city with cultural politics, and the role of the visual in projecting Irish cultural identity. The essays not only ask new questions of existing cultural histories but also identify previously unexplored visual representations of the city. The book’s interdisciplinary approach seeks to broaden established understandings of visual culture within Irish studies to incorporate not only visual artefacts, but also textual descriptions and ocular experiences that contribute to how we come to look at, see and experience both Dublin and Ireland.

Details

Pages
X, 324
Year
2014
ISBN (PDF)
9783035305456
ISBN (Softcover)
9783034308021
DOI
10.3726/978-3-0353-0545-6
Language
English
Publication date
2013 (November)
Keywords
architecture history sculpture cinema imperialism
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2014. X 324 pp., 58 b/w ill., 1 coloured ill.

Biographical notes

Justin Carville (Volume editor)

Justin Carville teaches Historical and Theoretical Studies in Photography and Visual Culture at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire. His first book, Photography and Ireland, was published in 2011.

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