Irish studies and the dynamics of memory : transitions and transformations /
Corporaal, Marguérite,editor.
Cusack, Christopher,editor.
Beuken, Ruud van den,editor.
This volume presents the latest research from Irish studies scholars across a range of disciplines, including history, literature, theatre, photography and folklore, and generates new insights into the dynamics of cultural remembrance in Irish society. It offers an overview of the recent cross-fertilization between memory studies and Irish studies.
'This volume is a product of the "Irish Studies and the Dynamics of Memory: Transitions and Transformations" conference, which was held at Radboud University, Nijmegen, between 31 March and 2 April 2015 .." -- p. xi.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cover; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Transitions and Transformations (Marguérite Corporaal / Christopher Cusack / Ruud Van Den Beuken ); Irish Memory Studies: Trends and Topics; Future Directions; The Outline of this Volume; Bibliography; Part I: Commemorative Practices; 1 Remembering the Drapier and King Dan: The Sectarian Legacies of Swift and O'Connell in Edward Longford's Yahoo (1933) and Ascendancy (1935) (Ruud Van Den Beuken); 'Leave the Dean in the obscurity he deserves': Jonathan Swift Contested in Yahoo (1933); Contested in Yahoo (1933)
'My blessing on the pistol and the powder and the ball!': Daniel O'Connell and Political Violence in Ascendancy (1935)Conclusion; Bibliography; 2 Remembering Wildgoose Lodge: Gothic Stories Recalled and Retold (Tracy Fahey); Remembering Wildgoose Lodge: The Project; Project Origins: Discovering the Variants; Conducting the Research: Fieldwork as Homework; Analysis of the Variants: The Curses; Analysis of the Variants: The Ghost of Biddy Richards; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 The Easter Rising 1916: Photography and Remembrance (Gail Baylis); Production; Display; Uses; Conclusion; Bibliography
Part II: Contested Politics4 Hauntings of the Irish Revolution: Veterans and Memory of the Independence Struggle and Civil War (Eve Morrison); Survival of the Supernatural; Veterans' Accounts and Popular Memory; Patrick Boland and Michael Coen; Guests of the Nation; Bridget Noble; Bibliography; 5 Autobiography or Fiction?: Unravelling the Use of Memory in Francis Stuart and John McGahern (Eamon Maher); Bibliography; 6 Notes on Studying Public Policies of Memory: The Parades Commission in Northern Ireland and the Institutionalization of Memory Practices (Sara Dybris McQuaid)
Policy Studies and Memory StudiesThe Parades Commission in Northern Ireland as a Case in Point; Determining the Past and the Present; Conclusion; Bibliography; 7 The Irish Republican Movement and the Contested Past: 'Official Memory' and the Politics of Dissent (Stephen Hopkins); Collective Memory and the Irish Republican Past; The 'Leading Group' and Republican Organizational Culture; Orthodoxy, Dissent and Control of the Past; Constructing and Challenging Republican 'Official Memory'; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part III: Memory and Trauma
8 Memory, Public Space and the Body in Ireland: Locating and Negotiating the Asylum in Edna O'Brien's Short Fiction (Niamh NicGhabhann)Negotiating the Asylum in Edna O'Brien's Short Fiction; Public Space, Morality and the Female Body; Bibliography; 9 The Witness and the Audience: Mary Raftery's No Escape (2010) (Emilie Pine); Mediating the Report; Status of the Witness; Collective Witnessing; Bibliography; 10 Perpetual Stagnation and Transformation: Ballyturk and The Walworth Farce as Memorial (Re)Inscription (Nelson Barre); 'Remember nothing! Say the line!'
'You'll learn to forget -- we did before'
This volume presents the latest research from Irish studies scholars across a range of disciplines, including history, literature, theatre, photography and folklore, and generates new insights into the dynamics of cultural remembrance in Irish society. It offers an overview of the recent cross-fertilization between memory studies and Irish studies.
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