Ireland Beyond Boundaries

Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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This is an an authoritative, up-to-date account of the development of Irish Studies over the past two decades. The authors examine the key debates that have underpinned recent scholarship and analyse critical concerns that have shaped the subject’s remarkable growth. They trace the institutional fortunes of Irish Studies in Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia and Britain and features in-depth critical accounts of specific trends and themes within Irish historiography, literary criticism, religion, migration, music, cultural geography, sport and media culture.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-11-20
Mått135 x 215 x undefined mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieContemporary Irish Studies
Antal sidor288
FörlagPluto Press
ISBN9780745321851

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Dr Liam Harte is Senior Lecturer in Irish studies at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill. He is the co-editor of Ireland Beyond Boundaries: Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century (Pluto, 2006).Yvonne Whelan is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Bristol. She is the author of Reinventing Modern Dublin: Streetscape, Iconography and the Politics of Identity (UCD Press, 2003) and co-editor of Ireland Beyond Boundaries: Mapping Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century (Pluto, 2006) and Ireland: Space, Text, Time (Liffey, 2005).

Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: where Irish Studies is bound by Liam HartePart I: Irish Studies in Practice1. Changing transatlantic contexts and contours: Irish Studies in the United States by Christina Hunt Mahony2. Re-configuring Irish Studies in Canada: writing back to the centre by Michael Kenneally3. 10,000 miles away: Irish Studies Down Under by Elizabeth Malcolm4. 'Our revels now are ended': Irish Studies in Britain - origins and aftermath by Shaun Richards5. Teaching Irish Studies in Ireland: after the end by Michael BrownPart II: Irish Studies in Critical Perspective6. The intellectual and the state: Irish criticism since 1980 by Conor McCarthy7. Forty shades of grey?: Irish historiography and the challenges ofmultidisciplinarity by Mary E. Daly8. The religious field in contemporary Ireland: identity, being religious and symbolic domination by Tom Inglis9. 'A decent girl well worth helping': women, migration and unwanted pregnancy by Louise Ryan10. Beating the bounds: mapping an Irish mediascape by Lance Pettitt11. Placing geography in Irish Studies: symbolic landscapes of spectacle and memory by Yvonne Whelan and Liam Harte12. Listening to the future: music and Irish Studies by Gerry Smyth13. Beyond sectarianism: sport and Irish culture by Mike CroninBibliography Index