Making 1916 - Material and Visual Culture of the Easter Rising

This volume of essays examines the material and visual culture of the 1916 Rising - from museum displays and family keepsakes to imagery in art and film - to consider how these can illuminate changing perceptions of this iconic event in Irish history.

About the author

Lisa Godson is Lecturer at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.

Joanna BrÃ1/4ck is Reader in the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Bristol.

Summary

This volume of essays examines the material and visual culture of the 1916 Rising - from museum displays and family keepsakes to imagery in art and film - to consider how these can illuminate changing perceptions of this iconic event in Irish history.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Godson, Lisa (National College of Art and Design D Godson, Lisa Bruck Godson
• Assisted by: Joanna Bruck (Editor), Joanna Brück (Editor), Lisa Godson (Editor)
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2015
• EAN: 9781781381229
• ISBN: 978-1-78138-122-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries