Ireland and postcolonial theory

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Ireland and postcolonial theory

edited by Clare Carroll and Patricia King

Cork University Press, 2003

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • The nation and postcolonial theory / Clare Carroll
  • Misplaced ideas? : colonialism, location, and dislocation in Irish studies / Joe Cleary
  • After history : historicism and Irish postcolonial studies / David Lloyd
  • Barbarous slaves and civil cannibals : translating civility in early modern Ireland / Clare Carroll
  • Towards a postcolonial enlightenment : the United Irishmen, cultural diversity, and the public sphere / Luke Gibbons
  • Between filiation and affiliation : the politics of postcolonial memory / Kevin Whelan
  • Dumbness and eloquence : a note on English as we write it in Ireland / Seamus Deane
  • Mutinies : India, Ireland, and imperialism / Amitav Ghosh
  • Irish orientalism : an overview / Joseph Lennon
  • Spirituality, internationalism, and decolonization : James Cousins, the "Irish poet from India" / Gauri Viswanathan
  • Reflections on Ireland and postcolonialism / Edward W. Said

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This collection gathers together 12 essays by Irish intellectuals and international postcolonial critics as they engage in the debate over how postcolonial Ireland was and is. The approach in all the essays is theoretical, historical and comparative. The first two essays by Joe Cleary and David Lloyd focus on debates over how theories developed to explain the emergence of cultures, how colonialism relates to Ireland and how Irish studies has influenced the development of postcolonial critique internationally. The next six essays apply postcolonial perspectives to Irish cultural history and ask how and why decolonializing criticism emerged in Ireland from the time of the Renaissance. They also look at the context of cross colonial identifications between native Irish and Amerindian cultures that developed during the Enlightenments of the 18th century. Essays by Kevin Whelan and Seamus Deane explore the afterlife of the famine in its effects upon Irish politics, writing and art, and the final selection of essays is devoted to the comparative study of postcolonial interactions between Ireland and India. Edward Said, the founder of postcolonial studies and one of the major oppositional voices against imperialism, has the last word on these essays. His afterword reflects on the place of Ireland in relation to postcolonial struggles around the world.

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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: The Nation and Postcolonial Theory Clare Carroll 'Misplaced Ideas'? Colonialism, Location and Dislocation in Irish Studies Joe Cleary After History: Historicism and Irish Postcolonial Studies David Lloyd Barbarous Slaves and Civil Cannibals: Translating Civility in Early Modern Ireland Clare Carroll Towards a Postcolonial Enlightenment: The United Irishmen, Cultural Diversity and the Public Sphere Luke Gibbons Between Filiation and Affiliation: The Politics of Postcolonial Memory Kevin Whelan Dumbness and Eloquence: A Note on English as We Write It in Ireland Seamus Deane Mutinies: India, Ireland and Imperialism Amitav Ghosh Irish Orientalism: An Overview Joseph Lennon Spirituality, Internationalism and Decolonization: James Cousins, the 'Irish Poet from India' Gauri Viswanathan Afterword: Reflections on Ireland and Postcolonialism Edward Said Notes and References Bibliography Index

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