Race in Modern Irish Literature and Culture

John Brannigan

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2009

Race in Modern Irish Literature and Culture

John Brannigan

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748640959

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About this book

For decades Ireland presented itself as the land of hospitality, until the 1990s, when the 'Celtic Tiger' exposed its racist underbelly. In Race in Modern Irish Literature and Culture, John Brannigan argues that race and racism have longer histories in the Irish state, histories which have often been exposed and critiqued by Irish writers and artists. He revisits the role of racial ideologies in the foundation and development of the state, offering original historical insights, and inspired new readings of literary and cultural works ranging from Ulysses to The Commitments.

Key Features

Provides new research on the social history of racial ideologies and racist expressions in the Irish state since 1922
Offers new readings of Irish cultural productions and literary texts (by James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, Liam O'Flaherty, Kate O'Brien, Edna O'Brien, Brendan Behan, James Plunkett, Paul Durcan, Austin Clarke, Aidan Higgins, Denis Johnston, and others) emphasising how they engage with the histories of Irish racism and raciology
Demonstrates how a new understanding of the constitutive role of race and racism in modern Irish culture might necessitate a revision of the dominant precepts and trends in contemporary Irish studies
Addresses the significance of the social and cultural history of race and racism in twentieth-century Ireland for the post-'Celtic Tiger' era

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. 1922, Ulysses, and the Irish Race Congress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
2. Face Value: Racial Typology and Irish Modernism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
3. ‘Aliens in Ireland’: Nation-building and the Ethics of Hospitality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
4. ‘Ireland, and Black!’: The Cultural Politics of Racial Figuration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Conclusion: Imagining the ‘New Hibernia’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 16 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: June 25, 2009
ISBN: 9780748640959