Original Article
Star Wars and the Production and Circulation of Culture along Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way
Patrick Brodie,
Patrick Brodie,
First published: 25 July 2020
The article benefited from Kay Dickinson's rigorous feedback and from conversations with Philip Lawton while doing fieldwork in the Geography Department at Trinity College, Dublin. The author would also like to thank the anonymous peer reviewers for their generous comments. This research was partially supported by a doctoral award from the FRQSC (Fonds de Recherche Québec Societé et Culture). Fieldwork was partially conducted on a Mitacs Globalink Research Award in Trinity College Dublin's Geography department.
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