Type/Formats:
Sound — Lectures — Podcasts
Media type:
audio/mpeg
Publisher:
University College Dublin
Contributor:
Wills, Clair (Clair Wills)
Abstract:
This lecture explores forms of popular culture that developed in Ireland during the Second World War. Comparisons are drawn with Britain, where radio and cinema assume tremendous importance in the war years. In Ireland the major developments are in amateur drama, reading groups, beginnings of film... [ … ]