{"product_id":"commemorating-the-irish-famine-emily-mark-fitzgerald-9781781381694","title":"Commemorating the Irish Famine: Memory and the Monument","description":"\u003cem\u003eCommemorating the Irish Famine: Memory and the Monument \u003c\/em\u003epresents for the first time a visual cultural history of the 1840s Irish Famine, tracing its representation and commemoration from the 19th century up to its 150th anniversary in the 1990s and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the watershed event of 19th century Ireland, the Famine's political and social impacts profoundly shaped modern Ireland and the nations of its diaspora. Yet up until the 1990s, the memory of the Famine remained relatively muted and neglected, attracting little public attention. Thus the Famine commemorative boom of the mid-1990s was unprecedented in scale and output, with close to one hundred monuments newly constructed across Ireland, Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia. Drawing on an extensive global survey of recent community and national responses to the Famine's anniversary, and by outlining why these memories matter and to whom, this book argues how the phenomenon of Famine commemoration may be understood in the context of a growing memorial culture worldwide. It offers an innovative look at a well-known migration history whilst exploring how a now-global ethnic community redefines itself through acts of public memory and representation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Mark-Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781381690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781381694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Emily Mark-FitzGerald\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Lecturer in the School of Art History and Cultural Policy at University College Dublin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emily Mark-Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937979597055,"sku":"9781781381694","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bb4405d1-7cb8-4c10-aaf6-c338bb895e9b.jpg?v=1681433034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/commemorating-the-irish-famine-emily-mark-fitzgerald-9781781381694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}