In Search of Ireland : A Cultural Geography

ISBN-13: 9780415150071 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 240 str.

Brian Graham

Opis

This text asks whether there can be a multicultural Ireland. It examines how Catholics and Protestants, nationalists and loyalists, draw upon the past to validate their circumstances and future aspirations in Ireland - but do so within a complex geographical mosaic. Arguing that Ireland's political problems are created by conflicts and confusions of identity, the text discusses the nature of the political economy and the exercise of power within the context of contemporary cultural geography. Examining Ireland's historical complexities, literature, politics, religion, social dimensions and representations abroad, the authors consider the relevance of nation, class, gender, race, representation and landscape to the contested nature of contemporary Irish identity, pointing to implications for the future governance of Ireland where cease-fires represent no more than the beginning of a long-term process.

Recenzje

This incisive and illuminating book must be required reading for anyone interested in looking beyond the sensationalist headlines and prejudiced stereotypes of Ireland and the Irish - Contemporary Review

O autorze

Brian Graham