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Field Day and the translation of Irish identities : performing contradictions / Aidan O'Malley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Malley, Aidan, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English drama--Irish authors--History and criticism.
- English drama.
- English drama--Irish authors.
- English drama--20th century--History and criticism.
- Field Day Theatre Company.
- Translating and interpreting--Ireland--History--20th century.
- Translating and interpreting.
- Drama--Translations into English--History and criticism.
- Drama.
- Theater--Political aspects--Northern Ireland--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- National characteristics, Irish, in literature.
- Group identity in literature.
- Theater--Political aspects.
- History.
- Drama--Translations into English.
- Northern Ireland.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 249 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Summary:
- "This book examines Field Day Theatre's cultural intervention into the Northern Irish Troubles through individual readings of the fourteen plays produced by the enterprise. It argues that at the heart of this project were performances, in a variety of different forms and registers, of an ethics of translation that disrupted notions of Irish identity"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Translating the Irish past
- Translation, home and hospitality
- Loyal translations : the spirit and the letter
- Reciprocation and resolution
- Masks : men and history
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--European University Institute, 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230229693
- 0230229697
- OCLC:
- 703871149
- Online:
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