David Lloyd

Irish Culture and Colonial Modernity 1800-2000

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781316614853
• ISBN-10: 1316614859
• Artikelnr.: 47547002

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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.