Irish Culture and Colonial Modernity 1800-2000 - The Transformation of Oral Space

A provocative study of Irish orality in literature, popular culture and politics.

Sommario

Introduction: a history of the Irish orifice; 1. Irish hunger: the political economy of the potato; 2. Closing the mouth: disciplining oral space; 3. Counterparts: the public house, masculinity and temperance nationalism; 4. 'Going nowhere': oral space in the cell block; 5. The breaker's yard: from forensic to interrogation modernity; 6. On extorted speech: back to How It Is; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

David Lloyd is Professor of English at the University of Southern California.

Riassunto

David Lloyd brings together manifestations of oral culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, showing how the survival of orality was central both to resistance against colonial rule and to Ireland's modern definition as a postcolonial culture. This study is an important and provocative new interpretation of Irish national culture.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Lloyd
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.02.2017
• EAN: 9781316614853
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61485-3
• Pagine: 298
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Ireland, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000