{"product_id":"performing-modernity-culture-and-experiment-in-the-irish-free-state-hardcover","title":"Performing Modernity: Culture and Experiment in the Irish Free State - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElaine Sisson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnita Gonzalez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eClaire Cochrane\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is an exploration of metropolitan bohemian and counter-cultural movements in theatre, design and popular culture in the Irish Free State.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Were there flappers in Ireland? Was there really a Cabaret Club in Dublin in 1926? Using photographs, theatre and costume designs, letters, newspaper accounts, novels and other historical sources, \u003ci\u003ePerforming Modernity \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a wholly new perspective on metropolitan life in the Irish Free State where people listen to jazz and go dancing, watch German Expressionist theatre, are interested in Soviet design, and attend pageants, cabarets and fancy dress balls. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The early years of Irish independence are often characterised as isolated and conservative as the country recovered from the effects of the Civil War. This book argues that there was also ambition and optimism among the citizens of the new State as they embraced the promise of modernity in theatre, film and popular culture during the 1920s and 1930s.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Sisson \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture in the Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dublin, Ireland. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eIreland, Design and Visual Culture: Negotiating Modernity 1922-1992\u003c\/i\u003e, edited with L. King (2007) and \u003ci\u003ePearse's Patriots: The Cult of Boyhood at St. Enda's\u003c\/i\u003e (2005).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48093359341816,"sku":"9781350258075","price":197.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/iqWxnGac259781350258075.webp?v=1781777362","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/performing-modernity-culture-and-experiment-in-the-irish-free-state-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}