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Nation States : The Cultures of Irish Nationalism by Michael Mays (2007, Trade Paperback)
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Number of Pages: 240. Weight: 0.79 lbs. Publication Date: 2007-02-16. Publisher: Lexington Books.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-100739121170
ISBN-139780739121177
eBay Product ID (ePID)57100613
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
Publication NameNation States : the Cultures of Irish Nationalism
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEurope / Western, World / European, Europe / Ireland, Europe / General
Publication Year2007
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
AuthorMichael Mays
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2006-038198
Reviews"Michael Mays' book is a distinguished and original contribution to the current critical confluence of Irish cultural, social, political, and literary history. Mays has unified these elements through a lucid and continuous scholarly narrative marked by a non-pedantic use of primary sources and a fine use of critical theory subordinate to his primary style of presentation. Especially useful is Mays' questioning and judicious use of 'postcolonial' theory and his discussions of modern Irish literature; his crisp and interesting insights regarding Yeats are worth the price of admission. It is the only scholarly work in its genre which I find appropriate for both advanced scholarship and the pleasure of the informed general reader. I unreservedly recommend this excellent book." --Tom Hofheinz, Author of Joyce and the Invention of Irish History: Finnegans Wake in Context "May's account of the general history of Irish nationalism is efficient, well written, and engaging. Anyone coming to the topic of Irish nationalism for the first time would certainly find Nation States illuminating and helpful. Mays's accounts of the nationalist projects of Pearse and De Valera are particularly useful, being rich, economical, and intelligent.... Nation States is a brace and intelligent attempt to tackle a large and important topic in an engaging manner. Students, in particular, will learn much from the author's subtle and well-informed account of Irish culture and history." --Andrew Murphy, University of St. Andrews, Modern Philology, May's account of the general history of Irish nationalism is efficient, well written, and engaging. Anyone coming to the topic of Irish nationalism for the first time would certainly find Nation States illuminating and helpful. Mays's accounts of the nationalist projects of Pearse and De Valera are particularly useful, being rich, economical, and intelligent .Nation States is a brace and intelligent attempt to tackle a large and important topic in an engaging manner. Students, in particular, will learn much from the author's subtle and well-informed account of Irish culture and history., Michael Mays' book is a distinguished and original contribution to the current critical confluence of Irish cultural, social, political, and literary history. Mays has unified these elements through a lucid and continuous scholarly narrative marked by a non-pedantic use of primary sources and a fine use of critical theory subordinate to his primary style of presentation. Especially useful is Mays' questioning and judicious use of 'postcolonial' theory and his discussions of modern Irish literature; his crisp and interesting insights regarding Yeats are worth the price of admission. It is the only scholarly work in its genre which I find appropriate for both advanced scholarship and the pleasure of the informed general reader. I unreservedly recommend this excellent book., May's account of the general history of Irish nationalism is efficient, well written, and engaging. Anyone coming to the topic of Irish nationalism for the first time would certainly find Nation States illuminating and helpful. Mays's accounts of the nationalist projects of Pearse and De Valera are particularly useful, being rich, economical, and intelligent.... Nation States is a brace and intelligent attempt to tackle a large and important topic in an engaging manner. Students, in particular, will learn much from the author's subtle and well-informed account of Irish culture and history., May's account of the general history of Irish nationalism is efficient, well written, and engaging. Anyone coming to the topic of Irish nationalism for the first time would certainly find Nation States illuminating and helpful. Mays's accounts of the nationalist projects of Pearse and De Valera are particularly useful, being rich, economical, and intelligent….Nation States is a brace and intelligent attempt to tackle a large and important topic in an engaging manner. Students, in particular, will learn much from the author's subtle and well-informed account of Irish culture and history., May's account of the general history of Irish nationalism is efficient, well written, and engaging. Anyone coming to the topic of Irish nationalism for the first time would certainly find Nation States illuminating and helpful. Mays's accounts of the nationalist projects of Pearse and De Valera are particularly useful, being rich, economical, and intelligent....Nation States is a brace and intelligent attempt to tackle a large and important topic in an engaging manner. Students, in particular, will learn much from the author's subtle and well-informed account of Irish culture and history.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal320.5409415
Table Of ContentChapter 1 Introduction: Colonialism, Nationalism, and Irish Culture Chapter 2 National Memory and Postcolonial Nonsense Chapter 3 "A Nation Once Again"?: The Dislocations and Displacements of Irish Nationalist Memory Chapter 4 The Ends of Cultural Nationalism and the Limits of Nationalist Culture Chapter 5 Ourselves Alone? Chapter 6 Homeland Chapter 7 The Troubled State Chapter 8 Afterword: Irish Identity in an Age of Globalization
SynopsisDrawing on diverse cultural forms, and ranging across disciplinary boundaries, Nation States maps the contested cultural terrain of Irish nationalism from the Act of Union of 1800 to the present. In looking at Irish nationalism as a site of struggle, Mays examines both the myriad ways in which the nation fashions itself as the a priori ground of identity, and those processes through which nationalism engenders an ostensibly unique national identity corresponding to one and only one nation-state, the place where we always have been, and can only ever be, 'at home.', This book examines the cultural formations of Irish nationalism, and the corollary processes of decolonization, postcolonialism, modernity, and globalization, that have been instrumental in the creation of the modern Irish state. In mapping the contested cultural terrain of Irish nationalism from the Act of the Union of 1800 to the present, Mays argues that Irish nationalism as a coherent ideological form took shape isomorphically out of the historical conditions and exchanges of Anglo-Irish colonial negotiation., Drawing on diverse cultural forms, and ranging across disciplinary boundaries, Nation States maps the contested cultural terrain of Irish nationalism from the Act of Union of 1800 to the present. In looking at Irish nationalism as a site of struggle, Mays examines both the myriad ways in which the nation fashions itself as the a priori ground of identity, and those processes through which nationalism engenders an ostensibly unique national identity corresponding to one and only one nation-state, the place where we always have been, and can only ever be, Oat home.O
LC Classification NumberDA925.M39 2007
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