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Breaking Enmities
Patrick Grant
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Description for Breaking Enmities
Hardback. This work discusses relationships among religion, literature and ethnicity in Northern Ireland since 1967. Topics include identity, endogamy, education, gender, and imprisonment. Each chapter combines an analysis of specific cultural issues with an assessment of relevant works by key authors. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; DSBH; HRA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
This book discusses relationships among religion, literature and ethnicity in Northern Ireland since 1967. The introduction provides a theoretical account of how literature engages sectarian prejudices, allowing these to be played out in ways that can help to dissolve or mitigate the alienating effects of traditional enmities. Subsequent chapters deal with identity, endogamy, education, gender, and imprisonment. Each chapter combines an analysis of specific cultural issues with a critical assessment of relevant works by key authors. A conclusion offers an assessment of relationships between Northern Ireland and other modern societies facing analogous problems in a post-modern world marked by rapid ... Read more
This book discusses relationships among religion, literature and ethnicity in Northern Ireland since 1967. The introduction provides a theoretical account of how literature engages sectarian prejudices, allowing these to be played out in ways that can help to dissolve or mitigate the alienating effects of traditional enmities. Subsequent chapters deal with identity, endogamy, education, gender, and imprisonment. Each chapter combines an analysis of specific cultural issues with a critical assessment of relevant works by key authors. A conclusion offers an assessment of relationships between Northern Ireland and other modern societies facing analogous problems in a post-modern world marked by rapid ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
239
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333698297
SKU
V9780333698297
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99-15
About Patrick Grant
Patrick Grant is Professor of English at the University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Reviews for Breaking Enmities
'...his use of the writing of political analysts, academics, playwrights, poets and prisoners from the two communities...proves to be insightful and engaging.' - Lucretia Stewart, Times Literary Supplement 'Patrick Grant's impressive book is an attempt to describe the complex relationships among religion, literature and ethnicity...What is refreshing about this analysis is its ability to find new ways ... Read more