Ireland's new traditionalists: Fianna Fáil republicanism and gender, 1926–1938: by Kenneth Shonk, Cork: Cork University Press, 2021, 228 pp., €39 Hardback. ISBN 978-1-78205-439-9.

"Ireland's new traditionalists: Fianna Fáil republicanism and gender, 1926–1938" by Kenneth Shonk is a book that focuses on the early years of Fianna Fáil, the party that emerged from the anti-Treaty movement in Ireland. The author analyzes and contextualizes the party's nationalist aesthetic and its efforts to redefine and retrench Irish republicanism. The book explores themes such as the party's republican aesthetic, its feminine ideal, its portrayal of a masculine ideal, and its construction of "republican heteronormativity." The analysis is nuanced and contributes to the study of post-independence politics and its relationship with gender, primordialism, and modernity. [Extracted from the article]