Northern Ireland and the Politics of Boredom: Conflict, Capital and Culture (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781526145895)

This book provides a new interpretation of the Northern Irish Troubles. From internment to urban planning, the hunger strikes to post-conflict tourism, it asserts that concepts of capitalism have been consistently deployed to alleviate and exacerbate violence in the North. Through a detailed analysis of the diverse cultural texts, Legg traces the affective energies produced by capitalism's persistent attempt to resolve Northern Ireland's ethnic-national divisions: a process he calls the politics of boredom. Such an approach warrants a reconceptualization of boredom as much as cultural production. In close readings of Derek Mahon's poetry, the photography of Willie Doherty and the female experience of incarceration, Legg argues that cultural texts can delineate a more democratic - less philosophical - conception of ennui.

Author: George Legg
ISBN-10: 1526145898
ISBN-13: 9781526145895
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2019
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.70d