Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland
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Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland

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Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland

About this book

Focusing on a decade in Irish history which has been largely overlooked, Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland provides the most complete account of the 1950s in Ireland, through the eyes of the young people who contributed, slowly but steadily, to the social and cultural transformation of Irish society. Eleanor O'Leary presents a picture of a generation with an international outlook, who played basketball, read comic books and romance magazines, listened to rock'n'roll music and skiffle, made their own clothes to mimic international styles and even danced in the street when the major stars and bands of the day rocked into town. She argues that this engagement with imported popular culture was a contributing factor to emigration and the growing dissatisfaction with standards of living and conservative social structures in Ireland. As well as outlining teenagers' resistance to outmoded forms of employment and unfair work practices, she maps their vulnerability as a group who existed in a limbo between childhood and adulthood. Issues of unemployment, emigration and education are examined alongside popular entertainments and social spaces in order to provide a full account of growing up in the decade which preceded the social upheaval of the 1960s. Examining the 1950s through the unique prism of youth culture and reconnecting the decade to the process of social and cultural transition in the second half of the 20th century, this book is a valuable contribution to the literature on 20th-century Irish history.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781350136076
eBook ISBN
9781350015883
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
20th Century History
Index
History
32 
Youth 
and 
Popular 
Culture 
in 
1950s 
Ireland
would 
send 
their 
children 
to 
secondary 
school’. 
e 
report 
went 
on 
to 
say 
that 
‘education 
was 
seen 
as 
a 
way 
to 
escape 
unskilled 
manual 
work 
and 
its 
associated 
low 
status’ 
(13). 
is 
clearly 
demonstrates 
the 
shiſting 
social 
attitudes 
to 
work 
and 
education 
in 
1950s 
Ireland 
and 
underlines 
that 
there 
was 
a 
need 
to 
reform 
the 
system 
to 
reflect 
the 
needs 
of 
a 
wider 
section 
of 
Irish 
society. 

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1. Introduction
  10. 2. Education and Opportunity
  11. 3. Employment and Emigration
  12. 4. Bringing It Back Home: The Adoption of International Youth Style and Music
  13. 5. The Pictures
  14. 6. Closer to Home
  15. 7. Comics, Politics and Reading Materials
  16. 8. A Sensitive Eye
  17. Appendices
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index