{"product_id":"performing-modernity-elaine-sisson-9781350258075","title":"Performing Modernity: Culture and Experiment in the Irish Free State","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003e?offers 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elaine Sisson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350258075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350258075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Elaine Sisson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112788799743,"sku":"9781350258075","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_915af86f-f314-40f5-8b84-89f5ff2d4a1b.jpg?v=1769610949","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/performing-modernity-elaine-sisson-9781350258075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}