{"product_id":"northern-ireland-and-the-politics-george-legg-9781526145895","title":"Northern Ireland and the Politics of Boredom: Conflict, Capital and Culture","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Legg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526145898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526145895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.70d","brand":"George Legg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941438161151,"sku":"9781526145895","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_21650dcc-9072-4f1b-97dd-b16d017b6d5a.jpg?v=1681452924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/northern-ireland-and-the-politics-george-legg-9781526145895","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}