What the Banshees of Inisherin is about

Kieran Keohane; Carmen Kuhling; John O’Brien

doi:10.1177/07916035231170359

What the Banshees of Inisherin is about

Kieran Keohane
, Carmen Kuhling
, John O’Brien

University College Cork

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Abstract

This paper discusses how the film The Banshees of Inisherin represents and employs key sociological concepts and ideas, namely those of liminality, schismogenesis, stasis and transgression, relating to the social pathologies of contemporary civilization.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-278
Number of pages	8
Journal	Irish Journal of Sociology
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/07916035231170359
Publication status	Published - Aug 2023

Keywords

Stasis
apocalypse
melancholia
reciprocity
schismogenesis

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