Examination of how visual culture facilitates the memorialisation of the Great Irish Famine.
Niamh Ann Kelly combines detailed research, theory, and meticulous language to discuss the 'grievous history' and enduring legacy of the Irish famine and its impact on modern-day social and cultural concerns... the author's scholarship and range of argument makes a noteworthy contribution to visual culture studies, trauma studies, famine studies, Irish studies, and art historical and historical studies.