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Gill Books is an Irish publisher which produces an eclectic list of award-winningand bestselling titles from agenda-setting current affairs to absorbing history, page-turning biography to beautifully produced lifestyle. We are a division of Gill, Ireland’s largest publisher. Its origins date back to 1856 when M.H. Gill & Son, whose portfolio included printing and bookselling, wasfounded in Dublin. The bookshop, which stood on Dublin’s O’Connell Street for123 years and is referenced in James Joyce’s Ulysses, can now be found online at www.gillbooks.ie. In collaboration with some of Ireland’s best writers, brands and a network of creative talents, Gill Books creates a dynamic publishing proposition, which builds on a 150-year heritage whilst looking excitedly to the future.
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Literary studies: from c 1900 -

July 2013

Women’s writing in contemporary France

by Edited by Gill Rye and Michael Worton

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Literature & Literary Studies

July 2018

Women’s writing in contemporary France

by Gill Rye, Michael Worton

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Cultural studies

November 2014

Are the Irish different?

by Edited by Tom Inglis

This book examines the extent and nature of Irish social and cultural difference. It is a collection of twenty-three short essays written in a clear and accessible manner by human scientists who are international experts in their area. The topics covered include the nature of Irish nationalism and capitalism, the Irish political elite, the differences and similarities of the Irish family, the upsurge in immigration, Northern Ireland, the Irish diaspora, the Irish language, sport, music and many other topics. The book will be bought by those who have an academic and personal interest in Irish Studies. It will be attractive to those who are not familiar with the theories and methods of the human sciences and how they can shine a light on the transformations that have taken place in Ireland. Tom Inglis, the editor of the collection, is a sociologist who has written extensively on Irish culture and society.

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History of medicine

October 2016

Medicine, health and Irish experiences of conflict, 1914–45

by Edited by David Durnin, Ian Miller

This book explores Irish experiences of medicine and health during the First and Second World Wars, the War of Independence and the Civil War. It examines the physical, mental and emotional impact of conflict on Irish political and social life, as well as medical, scientific and official interventions in Irish health matters. The contributors put forward the case that warfare and political unrest profoundly shaped Irish experiences of medicine and health, and that Irish political, social and economic contexts added unique contours to those experiences not evident in other countries. In pursuing these themes, the book offers an original and focused intervention into a central, but so far unexplored, area of Irish medical history.

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Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies

October 2014

Against the grain

The British far left from 1956

by Edited by Evan Smith and Matthew Worley

Against the grain is the first general history of the British far left to be published in the twenty-first century. Its contents cover a range of organisations beyond the Labour Party, bringing together leading experts on British left-wing politics to examine issues of class, race and gender from 1956 to the present day. The essays collected here are designed to highlight the impact made by the far left on British politics and society. Though the predicted revolution did not come, organisations such as the International Socialists, the International Marxist Group and Militant became household names in the 1970s and 1980s. Taken as a whole, the collection demonstrates the extent to which the far left has weaved its influence into the political fabric of Britain.

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January 1980

Die Ballade von Peckham Rye

Roman. Aus dem Englischen von Elisabeth Schnack

by Muriel Spark, Elisabeth Schnack

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Literary studies: general

January 2013

Irish Literature Since 1990

by Edited by Iseult Honohan, Michael Parker and Scott Brewster

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The Arts

January 2019

Michael Winterbottom

by Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard

This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director can claim such an impressive body of work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary political significance. The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyse the filmmaker's eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are examined in the light of a long history of cinema's dealings with realism, as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; whereas Jude and The claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in British cinema history) and examples of other reworked genres (the road movie, the western). This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will engage all those who have followed his career as well as those with a wide-ranging interest in British cinema.

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Political structure & processes

May 2007

Devolution and constitutional change in Northern Ireland

by Edited by Paul Carmichael, Colin Knox and Robert Osborne

This edited book, written by a collection of scholars with an interest in Northern Ireland, tracks its uneasy experience with devolution following the optimistic political period associated with the 1998 Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement. The volume brings together researchers from the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) 'Devolution and Constitutional Change' Programme and other experts to record four key perspectives on Northern Ireland. First, it considers the inextricable link between devolution and constitutional developments. Second, it examines how the main political parties responded to devolution and the major challenges faced by society in moving beyond conflict (such as political symbolism, the role of women, equality and human rights issues). Third, it attempts to assess some of the workings of devolved government in its short-lived form or those seeded in devolution and carried on by direct rule ministers. Finally, Northern Irelands devolved government and associated institutions are located within the wider relationships with Westminster, the Republic of Ireland and Europe. This edited volume will be of interest to students of Irish politics and public policy, but more generally, from a comparative perspective, those with an interest in devolution and constitutional change. It may even assist politicians in Northern Ireland to reflect on the real potential to restore its devolved institutions and draw back from the brink of permanently copper-fastening 'direct rule' from Westminster.

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The Arts

October 2013

Placing faces

The portrait and the English country house in the long eighteenth century

by Gill Perry, Kate Retford, Jordan Vibert

This book explores the rich but understudied relationship between English country houses and the portraits they contain. It features essays by well-known scholars such as Alison Yarrington, Gill Perry, Kate Retford, Harriet Guest, Emma Barker and Desmond Shawe-Taylor. Works discussed include grand portraits, intimate pastels and imposing sculptures. Moving between residences as diverse as Stowe, Althorp Park, the Vache, Chatsworth, Knole and Windsor Castle, it unpicks the significance of various spaces - the closet, the gallery, the library - and the ways in which portraiture interacted with those environments. It explores questions around gender, investigating narratives of family and kinship in portraits of women as wives and daughters, but also as mistresses and celebrities. It also interrogates representations of military heroes in order to explore the wider, complex ties between these families, their houses, and imperial conflict. This book will be essential reading for all those interested in eighteenth-century studies, especially for those studying portraiture and country houses. ;

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August 2008

Five Directors

Auteurism from Assayas to Ozon

by Edited by Kate Ince

Auteurism - the idea that a director of a film is its source of meaning and should retain creative control over the finished product - has been one of film studies' most important paradigms ever since the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the adoption of the term auteur by Andrew Sarris. Through the popular, controversial and critically acclaimed films of Olivier Assayas, Jacques Audiard, the Dardenne borthers, Michael Haneke and Francois Ozon, this book looks into how the meaning of 'auteur' has changed over this half-century, and assesses the current state of Francophone auteur cinema. It combines French philosophical and sociological approaches with methodologies from the Anglo-American fields of gender studies, queer theory and postmodernism. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students of film studies, European cinema and French and Francophone studies, as well as to film enthusiasts.

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$Refractions of Bob Dylan$

Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups

July 2015

Refractions of Bob Dylan

Cultural appropriations of an American icon

by Edited by Eugen Banauch

Bob Dylan's cultural production in the second half of the twentieth century, his songs, but also his changing images and self-fashionings have informed and productively re/shaped certain images of America from outside and within. Refractions of Bob Dylan collects scholarly essays which thoroughly investigate the routes of Bob Dylan's cultural appropriations. The collection looks at how Dylan has been used and interpreted by others, and how his work has been reworked into cultural expressions in culturally and regionally divergent spaces. Additionally, a number of essays look at what Dylan has appropriated and incorporated in his own work, focusing on questions of plagiarism, tribute, allusion, love and theft. Some of the essays originate from the Refractions of Bob Dylan conference in Vienna (www.dylanvienna.at) which took place around the 70th birthday of Bob Dylan, and included Dylan experts such as Clinton Heylin, Stephen Scobie and Michael Gray.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

May 2017

Reframing health and health policy in Ireland

A governmental analysis

by Edited by Claire Edwards, Eluska Fernandez

This edited collection is the first to apply the theoretical lens of post-Foucauldian governmentality to an analysis of health problems, practices, and policy in Ireland. Drawing on empirical examples related to childhood, obesity, mental health, smoking, ageing and others, the collection explores how specific health issues have been constructed as problematic and in need of intervention in the Irish State, and considers the strategies, discourses and technologies involved in the art of governing health in advanced liberal democracies. Bringing together academics from social policy, sociology, political science and public health, the text seeks to develop a dialogue about both the nature of health and health policy in the Ireland, but also how governmentality, as a theoretical approach, can contribute to the development of critical health policy analysis.

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Humanities & Social Sciences

January 2016

Unfolding Irish landscapes

by Edited by Derek Gladwin and Christine Cusick

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Economic history

July 2013

The end of Irish history?

Reflections on the Celtic Tiger

by Edited by Colin Coulter and Steve Coleman

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Cultural studies

January 2015

Are the Irish different?

by Edited by Tom Inglis

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British & Irish history

January 2013

Irish Journalism Before Independence

by Edited by Kevin Rafter

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Humanities & Social Sciences

December 2011

Irish governance in crisis

by Edited by Niamh Hardiman

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Political oppression & persecution

Everyday life after the Irish conflict

by Edited by Cillian McGrattan and Elizabeth Meehan

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British & Irish history

June 2015

Irish Catholic identities

by Edited by Oliver P. Rafferty

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by Edited by Gill Rye and Michael Worton

by Gill Rye, Michael Worton

by Edited by Tom Inglis

by Edited by David Durnin, Ian Miller

The British far left from 1956

by Edited by Evan Smith and Matthew Worley

Roman. Aus dem Englischen von Elisabeth Schnack

by Muriel Spark, Elisabeth Schnack

by Edited by Iseult Honohan, Michael Parker and Scott Brewster

by Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard

by Edited by Paul Carmichael, Colin Knox and Robert Osborne

The portrait and the English country house in the long eighteenth century

by Gill Perry, Kate Retford, Jordan Vibert

Auteurism from Assayas to Ozon

by Edited by Kate Ince

Cultural appropriations of an American icon

by Edited by Eugen Banauch

A governmental analysis

by Edited by Claire Edwards, Eluska Fernandez

by Edited by Derek Gladwin and Christine Cusick

Reflections on the Celtic Tiger

by Edited by Colin Coulter and Steve Coleman

by Edited by Tom Inglis

by Edited by Kevin Rafter

by Edited by Niamh Hardiman

by Edited by Cillian McGrattan and Elizabeth Meehan

by Edited by Oliver P. Rafferty

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