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Censorship in the Two Irelands 1922-1939 (Hardcover, New)
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Censorship in the Two Irelands 1922-1939 (Hardcover, New)
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This is the first book to tell the story of censorship in Northern
Ireland and the south between 1922 and 1939. "Censorship in the Two
Irelands" examines the differences in how the two regimes treated
freedom of speech - and finds some surprising similarities.
Beginning with the history of censorship under British rule and
during the Irish Revolution it shows how the new states built on
that legacy. It examines all forms of censorship in the period:
political, film, literature, radio and theatre and puts them into
an international context showing how the two Irelands at some times
resembled other jurisdictions but also created their own unique
legacies of repression. This is the story of how a Unionist
government treated Nationalist dissent, IRA propaganda and labour
organisations. It compares Northern repression of these groups to
southern actions against the IRA and Irish communists. It also
tells how the two states reacted to foreign culture in cinema and
literature. It shows how a powerful lobby of conservative, Catholic
activists convinced the Irish Free State to introduce stringent
censorships of film and literature. The scandalous decisions of the
period, when authors like Steinbeck, Shaw and O'Faoilain were
banned are examined but are also put in their international
context. The most detailed study yet of the early years of
censorship in the two Irelands, this work questions how serious
either government really was about protecting freedom of
expression. It poses challenges about how far a state should
tolerate dissent, new ideas or controversial art; problems that are
as relevant today as they were eighty years ago.
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