Visual Politics: the Representation of Ireland 1750-1930, Fintan Cullen. (Cork University Press) ISBN 185918 023 X
For most people, historical knowledge is constituted by the oral and the visual. The oral tradition transmits a sense of tradition and belonging creating an identity which is buttressed by visual representations which help lodge potent images in the mind. Both oral and visual traditions are essentially backward looking, helping form a link with the … Read more