Open Ivory Tower Podcast

This first podcast jumps us into the concept for the series and explores the intersections of politics, history, and media by taking a close analytical look at the 2013-present series The Fall. Sources and References: Cubitt, Allan. The Fall. BBC Two, RTE One. Ireland and UK, 13 May 2013. Television. Gennep, Arnold Van. Rites De Passage. Chicago: U of Chicago, 1960. Print. Landay, Lori. Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania, 1998. Print. Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. New York City: Pantheon, 1949. Print. Barton, Ruth, and Harvey O’Brien, . Keeping it Real: Irish Film and Television. London: Wallflower Press, 2004. Gillespie, Michael Patrick. The Myth of an Irish Cinema: Approaching Irish-Themed Films. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse UP, 2008. Lloyd, David. Irish Culture and Colonial Modernity, 1800-2000: The Transformation of Oral Space. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2011. Pettitt, Lance. Screening Ireland: Film and Televis