Ireland and Postcolonial Studies

Theory, Discourse, Utopia
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-30892-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 356 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Flannery, Eóin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Ireland: 'A Supreme Postcolonial Instance'? Field Day and Irish Postcolonial Criticism Irish Postcolonial Criticism and the Utopian Impulse Postcolonial Metacriticism – The 'Second Wave' Ireland, Gender and Postcolonialism Fanon's One Big Idea: Revising Postcolonial Studies and Irish Studies Conclusion: Postcolonial Studies and Contemporary Politics Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

EÓIN FLANNERY is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Oxford Brookes University, UK. His other publications include: (2006); (2007); (2009); and (2009).