Masculinities and Manhood in Contemporary Irish Drama
Acting the Man
This book charts the journey, in terms of both stasis and change, that masculinities and manhood have made in Irish drama, and by extension in the broader culture and society, from the 1960s to the present. Examining a diverse corpus of drama and theatre events, both mainstream and on the fringe, this study critically elaborates a seismic shift in Irish masculinities. This book argues, then, that Irish manhood has shifted from embodying and enacting post-colonial concerns of nationalism and national identity, to performing models of masculinity that are driven and moulded by the political and cultural practices of neoliberal capitalism. Mascu…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-030-84075-4
- EAN: 9783030840754
- Produktnummer: 38087413
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 292 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'973 KB
Über den Autor
Cormac O'Brien is Assistant Professor of Irish Drama in the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin, Ireland. A Fulbright Scholar, Cormac publishes widely on gender and sexuality in Irish drama and literature, and has produced several landmark studies of HIV and AIDS in Irish theatre and culture.
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