URBAN SPACE, LUXURY RETAILING AND THE NEW IRISHNESS

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Written in 2006, at the end of an era that Fintan O'Toole has aptly characterized as one in which the Irish economy served as ‘the poster child of free-market globalization,’ (O'Toole, F., Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger, London, Faber & Faber, 2009) this essay seeks to elucidate some of the features of what we might now designate late stage Celtic Tigerism. Its central concern is with an exploration of the affective parameters of boom-era Irishness in a period driven by the national priority of being “business-friendly.” Charting a shift in the discursive repertoire of Irishness from warmth to coolness, and considering the emergence of Ireland's position as an exemplary scene of capitalism in the first half of the twenty-first century's first decade, the piece examine a range of suggestive examples including a music video by an Irish pop group, an Irish-themed financial advice book and the rhetoric of promotion that surrounded the opening of Ireland's largest shopping mall in 2005.View full textDownload full textKeywordsnew Irishness, Celtic TigerismRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09502386.2010.502732