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Leisure and the Irish in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
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Leisure and the Irish in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
Series: Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland, 1
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It has often been argued that 'modern' leisure was born in the
period from the mid-nineteenth century to the outbreak of World War
One. Then, it has been suggested, that if leisure was not
'invented' its forms and meanings changed. Despite the recent
expansion of the literature on Irish popular cultures - perhaps
most strikingly sport - the conceptions, purposes, and practical
manifestations of leisure among the Irish during this critical
period have yet to receive the attention they deserve. This
collection represents an attempt to address this. In twelve essays
that explore vibrant expressions of associational culture, the
emergence of new leisure spaces, literary manifestations and
representations of leisure, the pleasures and purposes of travel,
and the leisure pursuits of elite women the collection offers a
variety of perspectives on the volume's theme. As becomes apparent
in these studies, all manner of activity, from music to football,
reading to dining, travel to photography, dancing to dining,
visiting to cycling, child's play to fighting and attitudes to
these were shaped not just by the drive to pleasure but by ideas of
class, respectability, improvement and social control as well as
political, social, educational, medical and religious ideologies.
List of contributors: Leeann Lane, William Murphy, John Borgonovo,
Brendan Power, Vanessa Rutherford, Orla Fitzpatrick, Matthew
Potter, James H. Murphy, Kevan O'Rourke, Patrick Maume, Philip
McEvansoneya, Brian Griffin, Maeve O'Riordan and Rachel Murphy.
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