Ireland and Postcolonial Studies : Theory, Discourse, Utopia / by Eóin Flannery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flannery, Eóin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature.

Communication.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Literature--Philosophy.

Great Britain--History.

Great Britain.

Intellectual life--History.

Intellectual life.

World Literature.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Literary Theory.

History of Britain and Ireland.

Intellectual History.

Local Subjects:

World Literature.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Literary Theory.

History of Britain and Ireland.

Intellectual History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2009.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A pioneering study of the development of one of the key critical discourses in contemporary Irish studies, this book covers all the major figures, publications and debates within Irish postcolonial criticism, delivering a commentary on this diverse body of work as well as positioning Irish postcolonial criticism within the wider postcolonial field.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Ireland: 'A Supreme Postcolonial Instance'?; 1 Field Day and Irish Postcolonial Criticism; 2 Irish Postcolonial Criticism and the Utopian Impulse; 3 Postcolonial Metacriticism - The 'Second Wave'; 4 Ireland, Gender and Postcolonialism; 5 Fanon's One Big Idea: Revising Postcolonial Studies and Irish Studies; Conclusion: Postcolonial Studies and Contemporary Politics; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-261) and index.

ISBN:

9786612673603

9781282673601

1282673602

9780230250659

0230250653

OCLC:

650308528