Conocimiento : writing Irish borderlands /

"In this study, Eamonn Wall brings the work of the American writer/scholar/activist Gloria Anzaldúa into dialogue with contemporary Irish and Irish American writing to reveal the many strategies that authors employ to describe, represent and navigate borders and borderlands. Borders, as Wall re...

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Main Author:	Wall, Eamonn, 1955- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang Ltd, [2025]
Series:	Reimagining Ireland ; v. 142.
Subjects:	Anzaldúa, Gloria > Influence. English literature > Irish authors > History and criticism. Borderlands in literature. Belonging (Social psychology) in literature. English literature > 21st century > History and criticism. Irish American literature > 21st century > History and criticism. Régions frontalières dans la littérature. Appartenance (Psychologie sociale) dans la littérature.

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Summary:	"In this study, Eamonn Wall brings the work of the American writer/scholar/activist Gloria Anzaldúa into dialogue with contemporary Irish and Irish American writing to reveal the many strategies that authors employ to describe, represent and navigate borders and borderlands. Borders, as Wall reveals, are not only geographical, but they are also psychological, ethical, gendered, abstract and obvious, and underlie much of life. Borderlands are liminal spaces in areas alongside borders that can be both liberating and frightening. Employing Anzaldúa's language and methodology, Wall's reveals how central borderlands are to the work of John McGahern, E.M. Reapy, Anna Burns, Úna Minh-Kavanagh, Terence Winch, Louis Owens, James Welsh, Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, Philip Casey, and others"--
Physical Description:	x, 183 pages, 15 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781803748702 1803748702
ISSN:	1662-9094 ;