Ghost-Haunted Land: Contemporary Art and Post-Troubles Northern Ireland

by Declan Long

Book Overview

Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 -- the formal end-point of the thirty-year modern 'Troubles' -- contemporary visual artists have offered diverse responses to post-conflict circumstances in Northern Ireland. In Ghost-Haunted Land -- the first book-length examination of post-Troubles contemporary art -- Declan Long highlights artists who have reflected on the ongoing anxieties of aftermath.

This wide-ranging study addresses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784991449
• ISBN13: 9781784991449
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 10.4"