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Remembering the year of the French : Irish folk history and social memory / Guy Beiner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beiner, Guy, 1968-
- Series:
- History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora.
- History of Ireland and the Irish diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French Expedition to Ireland, 1796-1797.
- Folklore and history--Ireland.
- Folklore and history.
- Popular culture--Ireland--History.
- Popular culture.
- Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798--Historiography.
- Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798--Public opinion.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 466 p. : ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Remembering the Year of the French is a model of historical achievement, moving deftly between the study of historical events--the failed French invasion of the West of Ireland in 1798--and folkloric representations of those events.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Phonetic Note
- Introduction
- Part 1
- -Collecting Memory
- 1. Oral History and Social Memory
- 2. Irish Folklore Collections
- 3. Richard Hayes and The Last Invasion of Ireland
- 4. Ancillary Folk History Sources
- Part 2
- -Folk History
- 5. History-Telling
- 6. Practitioners of Folk History
- 7. Time and Calendar
- Part 3
- -Democratic History
- 8. Who Were the Men of the West?
- 9. Multiple Heroes in Folk Historiographies
- 10. Who Were the Women of the West?
- Part 4
- -Commemorating History
- 11. Spheres and Mediums of Remembrance
- 12. Topographies of Folk Commemoration
- 13. Souvenirs
- 14. Ceremonies, Monuments, and Negotiations of Memory
- 15. Mediations of Remembrance
- 16. Memory and Oblivion
- Conclusion - Alternative History
- Archaeologies of Social Memory
- Epilogue - Commemorative Heritage
- Remembrance in the Late Twentieth Century
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-443) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612270185
- 9781282270183
- 1282270184
- 9780299218232
- 0299218236
- OCLC:
- 608164467
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb06817 hdl
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