Narratives of the Occluded Irish Diaspora
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- ISBN 9783034302487
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 150 x 225mm
- Publication Date: 29 Nov 2011
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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The recent past has witnessed the development of new and diverse notions of Irish identity, alongside changes in the way we articulate the long-established links between Ireland and the Irish, both at home and abroad. This volume focuses on the intersection between migrancy and the narratives of ‘hidden’ Irish peoples – those emergent voices in the Irish diaspora whose discourses have frequently been occluded, repressed or simply forgotten – and provides a platform for a range of subversive voices. By usurping notions of identity hitherto considered fixed or authentic, it is possible to engage constructively with some of the larger problems that circumvent historiographical debate, particularly in relation to the diasporic experience and its expression in current oral history scholarship. Among the themes examined here are our understanding and definition of the diasporic experience, the role of language in the formation of identity and community, and the relationship between various members of the Irish diaspora and their homeland.
Mícheál Ó hAodha lectures in the Department of History, University of Limerick. He has published widely on Irish migration, the Irish diaspora, social geography and oral history. His books include American ‘Outsider’: Stories from the Irish Traveller Diaspora (2007, with T.J. Vernon), ‘The Turn of the Hand’: A Memoir from the Irish Margins (2010, with Mary Ward) and ‘On the Run’: The Diary of an Irish Republican (2011, with Ruan O’Donnell).
John O’Callaghan lectures in modern Irish and European history in the Department of History, University of Limerick. He is interested in processes of imperialism, decolonisation and post-colonialism. His publications include Teaching Irish Independence: History in Irish Secondary Schools, 1922-1972 (2009), Revolutionary Limerick: The Republican Campaign for Independence in Limerick, 1913-1921 (2010) and The Battle for Kilmallock (2011).
John O’Callaghan lectures in modern Irish and European history in the Department of History, University of Limerick. He is interested in processes of imperialism, decolonisation and post-colonialism. His publications include Teaching Irish Independence: History in Irish Secondary Schools, 1922-1972 (2009), Revolutionary Limerick: The Republican Campaign for Independence in Limerick, 1913-1921 (2010) and The Battle for Kilmallock (2011).
