Author : Astrid Wonneberger
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643801025
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (438 download)
Book Synopsis Cultural Contrasts in Dublin by : Astrid Wonneberger
Download or read book Cultural Contrasts in Dublin written by Astrid Wonneberger and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2011 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up to the 1990s, Dublin and Irish urban cultures had only been marginally studied by cultural and social anthropologists, even though the Greater Dublin Area has been home to almost one third of the Republic's population for several decades. From this time anthropologists slowly became aware of the variety of cultural groups and topics which shape Ireland's capital. This growing awareness went hand in hand with the major economic, architectural, social and cultural changes which Dublin was experiencing. Sparked by Ireland's membership of the EU (then EEC) and accelerated by the Celtic Tiger economy and increasing numbers of immigrants, the city has turned into a multicultural space of a variety unprecedented before. The articles in this book are based on a student research project in Dublin in 2006, presenting four ethnographic case studies ranging from immigration and the formation of new religious groups to survival strategies of the urban homeless.