Download or read book Crossroads: Performance Studies and Irish Culture written by Sara Brady and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-08-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly performative categories of 'Irish culture' and 'Irishness' are in need of critical address, prompted by recent changes in Irish society, the arts industry and modes of critical inquiry. This book broaches this task by considering Irish expressive culture through some of the paradigms and vocabularies offered by performance studies.