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Ireland and cultural theory : the mechanics of authenticity / edited by Colin Graham and Richard Kirkland.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish.
- English literature--Irish authors.
- Civilization.
- Ireland--Civilization--Theory, etc.
- Ireland.
- English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English literature.
- National characteristics, Irish, in literature.
- National characteristics, Irish.
- Ireland--In literature.
- Irish--Great Britain.
- Culture.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- This book is a unique and timely collection offering the first major assessment of how theoretical readings of Ireland and Irish culture have begun to question the grounds of debate in Irish studies. Contributions engage with the concept of the "authentic" in Irish culture through analyses of film, television, literature, emigration, and institutional critical practice. This lively and challenging volume will be of interest to all who are interested in the fields of cultural studies, Irish studies and critical theory.
- Contents:
- 2 '... maybe that's just Blarney': Irish Culture and the Persistence of Authenticity / Colin Graham 7
- 3 Decolonization and Criticism: Towards a Theory of Irish Critical Discourse / Gerry Smyth 29
- 4 'Pestilence on their backs, famine in their stomachs': the Racial Construction of Irishness and the Irish in Victorian Britain / Jim Mac Laughlin 50
- 5 Gendered Irishness in Britain: Changing Constructions / Bronwen Walter 77
- 6 Breaking the 'Cracked Mirror': Binary Oppositions in the Culture of Contemporary Ireland / Shaun Richards 99
- 7 Troubles, Terminus and The Treaty / Lance Pettitt 119
- 8 Reading Responsibility in Castle Rackrent / Claire Connolly 136
- 9 'Could anyone write it?': Place in Tom Paulin's Poetry / Eamonn Hughes 162
- 10 The Body's in the Post: Contemporary Irish Poetry and the Dispersed Body / Tom Herron 193
- 11 Questioning the Frame: Hybridity, Ireland and the Institution / Richard Kirkland 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312212909
- OCLC:
- 37782889
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