| Reinventing Modern Dublin: Streetscape, Iconography and the Politics of Identity: Streetscape, Iconography and the Politics of Identity Contributor(s): Whelan, Yvonne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1900621851 ISBN-13: 9781900621854 Publisher: University College Dublin Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2019 Annotation: This work takes the reader from the contested iconography of Dublin as it evolved in the early part of the 20th century before Independence through to the contemporary plans for the millennium spire on O'Connell Street. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Ireland - History | Historical Geography |
| Dewey: 914.183 |
| LCCN: 2003374067 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.22" W x 9.7" (1.56 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yvonne Whelan takes the reader from the contested iconography of Dublin as it evolved in the years before Independence through to the contemporary plans for the millennium spire on O'Connell Street, showing how a shift has taken place from an intensely political symbolic landscape to one that is increasingly apolitical, in tune with the changing nature of Irish politics, culture and society at the turn of the 21st century. In her comprehensive discussion of how the streetscape has changed, Whelan explores the capacity of the cultural landscape to underpin and reinforce particular narratives of identity and reveals the ways in which issues of street naming, building, designing and memorializing became firmly grounded in space and bound up with the politics of representation. Incorporating many pictures, maps and plans, Reinventing Modern Dublin is a work of historical, cultural and urban geography, a valuable addition to the growing body of knowledge about Dublin's historical geography and Irish urbanism. |
