Remembering the Year of the French - Irish Folk History and Social Memory

Informationen zum Autor Guy Beiner is lecturer in history at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. He has been a research fellow at Trinity College Dublin and an NEH Keough Irish Studies Fellow at Notre Dame University, and he is the author of many articles on modern Irish history and memory. Klappentext "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 representationsof those events. Delving into the folk history found in Ireland's rich oral traditions! Guy Beiner reveals alternate visions of the Irish past and brings into focus the vernacular histories! folk commemorative practices! and negotiations of memory that have gone largely unnoticed by historians. Zusammenfassung Delving into the folk history found in Ireland's archives and rich oral traditions! this book reveals alternate visions of the Irish past and brings into focus the vernacular histories! folk commemorative practices! and negotiations of memory that had gone largely unnoticed by historians.

Product details

• Authors: Guy Beiner
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2009
• EAN: 9780299218249
• ISBN: 978-0-299-21824-9
• No. of pages: 488
• Series: History of Ireland and the Iri; History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora; History of Ireland and the Iri; History of Ireland & the Irish
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society