Wild Tides

“Intellectually elegant and ambitious in scope, Patrick Brodie paints a critical portrait of how aggressive financialization has shaped Ireland’s media industries and practices. This book will make a resonant contribution to growing interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersections of globalization, political economy, media studies, and environmental and energy studies.”—Hunter Vaughan, author of Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret: The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies “Patrick Brodie shows us how global media industries shape the precarious fortunes of local people and creative workers on Irish soil. Exploring sites as diverse as data centers and film studios, this book provides a thoughtful and timely account of the contradictory workings of economy, culture, and state in Ireland’s struggle for a just and equitable future.”—Anna McCarthy, Professor of Cinema Studies, New York University