ISBN:
9781107261372
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xvi, 213 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.809415
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
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Geschichte 1945-1965
;
Geschichte
;
Migration
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Irish / Great Britain / History / 20th century
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Irish / Great Britain / Social conditions / 20th century
;
Auswanderung
;
Kultur
;
Literatur
;
Großbritannien
;
Irland
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Great Britain / Emigration and immigration / History / 20th century
;
Ireland / Emigration and immigration / History
;
Irland
;
Irland
;
Literatur
;
Kultur
;
Auswanderung
;
Geschichte 1945-1965
Abstract:
Clair Wills's The Best Are Leaving is an important and wide-ranging study of post-war Irish emigrant culture. Wills analyses representations of emigrants from Ireland and of Irish immigrants in Britain across a range of discourses, including official documents, sociological texts, clerical literature, journalism, drama, literary fiction, and popular literature and film. This book, written by a leading critic of Irish literature and culture, discusses topics such as the loss of the finest people from rural Ireland and the destruction of traditional communities; the anxieties of women emigrants and their desire for the benefits of modern consumer society; the stereotype of the drunken Irishman; the charming and authentic country Irish in the city; and the ambiguous meanings of Irish Catholicism in England, which was viewed as both a threatening and civilising force. Wills explores this theme of emigration through writers as diverse as M. J. Molloy, John B. Keane, Tom Murphy, and Edna O'Brien
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781107261372
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107261372
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