Life History and the Irish Migrant Experience in Post-War England - Myth, Memory and Emotional Adaption

This book makes innovative use of migrant life histories to further understanding the role of memory in the production of migrant identities. Offering a fresh perspective on the post-war Irish experience in England, it develops Popular Memory Theory to illuminate how migrants' 'recompose' the self in response to the emotional challenges migration

Info autore

Barry Hazley is Derby Fellow in the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool and AHRC Research Fellow in History at the University of Manchester

Riassunto

This book makes innovative use of migrant life histories to further understanding the role of memory in the production of migrant identities. Offering a fresh perspective on the post-war Irish experience in England, it develops Popular Memory Theory to illuminate how migrants’ ‘recompose’ the self in response to the emotional challenges migration -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barry Hazley
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781526163752
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6375-2
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Manchester University Press
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945)