Performing Modernity by Elaine Sisson, Bruce McConachie, Clai... - 9781350258075

Performing ModernityCulture and Experiment in the Irish Free State\nAuthor(s): Elaine Sisson, Bruce McConachie, Claire Cochrane\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Methuen Drama\nISBN-13: 9781350258075, 978-1350258075\nSynopsis\nThis book is an exploration of metropolitan bohemian and counter-cultural movements in theatre, design and popular culture in the Irish Free State.\n\n 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, Performing Modernity 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.\n\n The early years of Irish independence are often characterised as isolated and conservative as the country .