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Ireland and cultural theory : the mechanics of authenticity / edited by Colin Graham and Richard Kirkland.

Contributor(s): Graham, Colin, 1967- | Kirkland, Richard.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1999Description: xi, 249 p. ; 22 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0333675975 (pbk); 0333675967 (hbk).Subject(s): English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc | National characteristics, Irish, in literature | National characteristics, Irish | Irish -- Great Britain | Culture | Ireland -- Civilization -- Theory, etc | Ireland -- In literatureDDC classification: 941.5
Contents:
Introduction / Colin Graham and Richard Kirkland -- '...maybe that's just Blarney': Irish Culture and the Persistance of Authenticity / Colin Graham -- Declonization and Critism: Towards a theory of Irish Critical discourse / Gerry Smyth -- 'Pestilence on their backs, famine in their stomachs': the Racial Construction of Irishness and the Irish in Victorian Britain / Jim Mac Laughlin -- Gendered Irishness in Britain: Changing constructions / Bronwen Walter -- Breaking the 'Cracked Mirror': Binary Oppositions in the Culture of Comtemporary Ireland / Shaun Richards -- Troubles, Terminus and The Treaty / Lance Pettitt -- Reading responsibility in Castle Rackrent / Claire Connolly -- 'Could anyone write it?': Place in Tom Paulin's Poetry / Eamonn Hughes -- The Body's in the post: Contemporary Irish Poetry and the dispersed body / Tom Herron -- Questioning the Frame: Hybridity, Ireland and the Institution / Richard Kirkland.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ireland and Cultural Theory 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 and literature, emigration, and institutional critical practice. This lively and challenging volume will be of interest to lecturers and students in the field of cultural studies, Irish studies and critical theory.

Bibliography: (pages 229-244) and index.

Introduction / Colin Graham and Richard Kirkland -- '...maybe that's just Blarney': Irish Culture and the Persistance of Authenticity / Colin Graham -- Declonization and Critism: Towards a theory of Irish Critical discourse / Gerry Smyth -- 'Pestilence on their backs, famine in their stomachs': the Racial Construction of Irishness and the Irish in Victorian Britain / Jim Mac Laughlin -- Gendered Irishness in Britain: Changing constructions / Bronwen Walter -- Breaking the 'Cracked Mirror': Binary Oppositions in the Culture of Comtemporary Ireland / Shaun Richards -- Troubles, Terminus and The Treaty / Lance Pettitt -- Reading responsibility in Castle Rackrent / Claire Connolly -- 'Could anyone write it?': Place in Tom Paulin's Poetry / Eamonn Hughes -- The Body's in the post: Contemporary Irish Poetry and the dispersed body / Tom Herron -- Questioning the Frame: Hybridity, Ireland and the Institution / Richard Kirkland.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Notes on the Contributors (p. vii)
  • Acknowledgements (p. x)
  • 1 Introduction (p. 1)
  • 2 '... maybe that's just Blarney': Irish Culture and the Persistence of Authenticity (p. 7)
  • 3 Decolonization and Criticism: Towards a Theory of Irish Critical Discourse (p. 29)
  • 4 'Pestilence on their backs, famine in their stomachs': the Racial Construction of Irishness and the Irish in Victorian Britain (p. 50)
  • 5 Gendered Irishness in Britain: Changing Constructions (p. 77)
  • 6 Breaking the 'Cracked Mirror': Binary Oppositions in the Culture of Contemporary Ireland (p. 99)
  • 7 Troubles, Terminus and The Treaty (p. 119)
  • 8 Reading Responsibility in Castle Rackrent (p. 136)
  • 9 'Could anyone write it?': Place in Tom Paulin's Poetry (p. 162)
  • 10 The Body's in the Post: Contemporary Irish Poetry and the Dispersed Body (p. 193)
  • 11 Questioning the Frame: Hybridity, Ireland and the Institution (p. 210)
  • Bibliography (p. 229)
  • Index (p. 245)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Claire Connolly lectures in the School of English Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff. She is a member of Cardiff's Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory
Colin Graham is a lecturer in English at the University of Huddersfield
Tom Herron is a lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen
Eamonn Hughes lectures in the School of English, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Richard Kirkland is a lecturer in English at Keele University
Jim Mac Laughlin is a political geographer at University College Cork
Lance Pettitt was an Irish/United Kingdom Government Exchange Scholar at University College, Dublin. He is Director of Irish Studies at St Mary's University College, Strawberry Hill
Shaun Richards is Head of Literature at Staffordshire University
Gerry Smyth was born and educated in Dublin. He worked as a professional musician in Spain and England before returning to full-time education. He has a BA in Literature, Life and Thought from Liverpool John Moores University, an MA in Cultural Studies from the University of Lancaster and a Ph.D. from Staffordshire University.
Bronwen Walter is Senior Lecturer in Geography at Anglia Polytechnic University

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