| New Perspectives on Irish TV Series: Identity and Nostalgia on the Small Screen Contributor(s): Coulouma, Flore (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3034319770 ISBN-13: 9783034319775 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $74.81 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Series: Reimagining Ireland |
| Physical Information: 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Within the growing field of television studies, little work has yet been done on the Irish context. This volume aims to fill this gap by offering new and compelling studies of contemporary Irish TV series. Fictional TV series, which constitute an autonomous genre within the broader cultural phenomenon of TV broadcasting, are explored here as paradigmatic representations of Irish popular culture. This book investigates the vast number of series produced in Ireland over the past two decades, focusing on their cultural impact at a time when American and British dominance have led many critics and viewers to underestimate the significance of Irish programming. The essays collected here reveal a distinctly Irish culture of TV fiction series, in both the Irish and English languages, and examine some of its finest examples, from Father Ted to Love/Hate and Sin Sc al Eile. |