{"id":249,"date":"2014-08-05T11:08:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/irish-hesburgh\/?p=249"},"modified":"2014-08-05T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T15:08:17","slug":"breac-a-digital-journal-of-irish-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irish-hesburgh\/2014\/08\/05\/breac-a-digital-journal-of-irish-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Breac &#8211; A Digital Journal of Irish Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-250\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/irish-hesburgh\/files\/2014\/08\/Breac-heading-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"Breac heading\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irish-hesburgh\/files\/2014\/08\/Breac-heading-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/irish-hesburgh\/files\/2014\/08\/Breac-heading.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Breac Team brought out the second issue of their online journal last month.\u00a0 This issue, edited by Lindsay J. Haney and Shaun Richards, is devoted to Irish drama.\u00a0 The editors &#8220;hope that these essays will stimulate debate and lively conversations around the role of the theater in staging issues such as economic crisis, urban renewal, gender relations, sexual abus, and other matters that are vital to contemporary considerations in Irish Studies&#8221; (<a title=\"Preface, Breac, July 10, 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/49294-preface\/\" target=\"_blank\">Preface, Breac, July 10, 2014<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The very first item presents a typical Breac problem for librarians.\u00a0 What is &#8220;Am I Rambling&#8221;?\u00a0 Is it a film?\u00a0 Is it street theatre?\u00a0 Is it a guided tour? I can tell that it is an experimental event, organized and presented by Veronica Dyas and Sorcha Kenny, in which a group of people walk around Dublin and encounter street art.\u00a0 At least that&#8217;s what I think it is.\u00a0 Beyond that, I am waiting to see commentary on <a title=\"Am I Rambling?\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/88080130\" target=\"_blank\">the Breac site<\/a> to help me interpret the video.<\/p>\n<p>Brian \u00d3 Conchubhair describes F\u00edb\u00edn, an Irish language theatre group, once again using the medium of the online journal to provide a video.\u00a0 Other articles are more traditional scholarly articles, but they take advantage of the digital platform by providing hyperlinked references that take the reader straight to the article under discussion, if available online.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the contents of the current issue:<\/p>\n<article id=\"news_49294\" class=\"hentry\">\n<header><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/49294-preface\/\">Preface<br \/>\n<\/a>Lindsay J. Haney and Shaun Richards<\/header>\n<\/article>\n<header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/49295-am-i-rambling\/\">Am I Rambling?<\/a><br \/>\nVeronica Dyas and Sorcha Kenny<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<footer><\/footer>\n<header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48940-politicizing-performance-anu-productions-and-site-specific-theater\/\">Politicizing Performance: ANU Productions and Site-Specific Theater<\/a><br \/>\nBrian Singleton<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48972-theatre-as-memory-and-as-witness-active-spectatorship-in-the-walworth-farce-the-blue-boy-and-laundry\/\">Theatre-as-Memory and as Witness: Active Spectatorship in The Walworth Farce, The Blue Boy, and Laundry<\/a><br \/>\nEmilie Pine<\/p>\n<header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48968-oh-jesus-i-cant-take-this-playing-witness-to-the-dramatization-of-ballymuns-urban-regeneration-project-dublin-2004-2008\/\"> \u201cOh Jesus, I can\u2019t take this\u201d: Playing Witness to the Dramatization of Ballymun\u2019s Urban Regeneration Project, Dublin, 2004-2008<\/a><br \/>\nNiamh Malone<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48971-samuel-beckett-the-gate-theatre-dublin-and-the-contemporary-irish-independent-theater-sector-fragments-of-performance-history\/\">Samuel Beckett, the Gate Theatre Dublin, and the Contemporary Irish Independent Theater Sector: Fragments of Performance History<\/a><br \/>\nAnna McMullan and Trish McTighe<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48939-supernaturalism-femininity-and-form-in-conor-mcphersons-paranormal-plays\/\">Supernaturalism: Femininity and Form in Conor McPherson\u2019s Paranormal Plays<\/a><br \/>\nSusan Cannon Harris<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48949-marina-carrs-swans-and-goddesses-contemporary-feminist-myth-in-irish-drama\/\">Marina Carr\u2019s Swans and Goddesses: Contemporary Feminist Myth in Irish Drama<\/a><br \/>\nJenna Lourenco<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48976-taming-irishness-martin-mcdonaghs-a-skull-in-connemara-on-the-galician-stage\/\">Taming Irishness: Martin McDonagh\u2019s A Skull in Connemara on the Galician Stage<\/a><br \/>\nElisa Serra Porteiro<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<header>\n<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48941-fbn-back-to-the-future\/\">F\u00edb\u00edn: Back to the Future?<\/a><br \/>\nF\u00edb\u00edn, introduced by Brian \u00d3 Conchubhair<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<article id=\"news_48977\" class=\"hentry\"><a href=\"http:\/\/breac.nd.edu\/articles\/48977-colm-tibn-in-conversation-with-paige-reynolds\/\">Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn, in Conversation with Paige Reynolds<br \/>\n<\/a>Paige Reynolds and Colm T\u00f3ib\u00edn<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Breac Team brought out the second issue of their online journal last month.\u00a0 This issue, edited by Lindsay J. 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