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All Dressed Up - Modern Irish Historical Pageantry (Hardcover)
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All Dressed Up - Modern Irish Historical Pageantry (Hardcover)
Series: Irish Studies
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In the early twentieth century, publicly staged productions of
significant historical, political, and religious events became
increasingly popular - and increasingly grand - in Ireland. These
public pageants, a sort of precursor to today's opening ceremonies
at the Olympic games, mobilized huge numbers of citizens to present
elaborately staged versions of Irish identity based on both history
and myth. Complete with marching bands, costumes, fireworks, and
mock battles, these spectacles were suffused with political and
national significance. Dean explores the historical significance of
these pageants, explaining how their popularity correlated to
political or religious imperatives in twentieth century Ireland.
She uncovers unpublished archival findings to present scripts,
programs, and articles covering these events. The book also
includes over thirty photographs of pageants, program covers, and
detailed designs for costumes to convey the grandeur of the
historical pageants at the beginning of the centuryand their
decline in production standards in the 1970s and 1980s. Tracing the
Irish historical pageant phenomenon through the twentieth century,
Dean presents a nation contending with the violence and political
upheaval of the present by reimagining the past.
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