Across the margins : cultural identity and change in the Atlantic archipelago / edited by Glenda Norquay and Gerry Smyth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norquay, Glenda, 1958-

Smyth, Gerry, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization.

Ireland--Civilization--20th century.

Ireland.

English literature--Scottish authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Scottish authors.

English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English literature--Irish authors.

English literature--Welsh authors--History and criticism.

English literature--Welsh authors.

Scotland--Civilization--20th century.

Scotland.

Northern Ireland--Civilization.

Northern Ireland.

Wales--Civilization.

Wales.

England--Civilization.

Ireland--Civilization.

Scotland--Civilization.

Local Subjects:

England--Civilization.

Ireland--Civilization.

Scotland--Civilization.

Wales--Civilization.

Physical Description:

viii, 214 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

"Across the Margins "offers a comparative, theoretically informed analysis of the cultural formation of the Atlantic Archipelago. In its overall conception and in specific contributions, this collection demonstrates the benefits of working across the disciplines of history, geography, literature, and cultural studies. It also presents new configurations of cultural forms hitherto associated with specifically national and sub-national literatures.

Contents:

Introduction: crossing the margins / Glenda Norquay, Gerry Smyth 1

Part I Theorising Identities Across the Atlantic Archipelago

1 Ireland, verses, Scotland: crossing the (English) language barrier / Willy Maley 13

2 'A warmer memory': speaking of Ireland / Colin Graham 31

3 'Where do you belong?': De-scribing Imperial identity from alien to migrant / Peter Childs 50

4 Gender and nation: debatable lands and passable boundaries / Aileen Christianson 67

5 The Union and Jack: British masculinities, pomophobia, and the post-nation / Berthold Schoene 83

Part II Cultural Negotiations

6 Paper margins: the 'outside' in poetry in the 1980s and 1990s / Linden Peach 101

7 Sounding out the margins: ethnicity and popular music in British cultural studies / Sean Campbell 117

8 Cool enough for Lou Reed?: The plays of Ed Thomas and the cultural politics of South Wales / Shaun Richards 137

9 Waking up in a different place: contemporary Irish and Scottish fiction / Glenda Norquay, Gerry Smyth 154

10 Finding Scottish art / Murdo Macdonald 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-205) and index.

ISBN:

0719057493

OCLC:

49530080