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Forgetful remembrance : social forgetting and vernacular historiography of a rebellion in Ulster /

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Forgetful Remembrance offers a new approach to the study of memory by focusing on vernacular historiographies and the notion of forgetting. Using the 1798 Irish Rebellion, Beiner explores how communities try to obscure inconvenient and uncomfortable events from the past.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beiner, Guy, 1968- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Memory > Social aspects > Case studies.
Northern Ireland > History > 1968-1998 > Historiography.
Social conflict > Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) > Historiography.
Collective memory > Ireland.
Ireland > History > Rebellion of 1798.
Irlande du Nord > Histoire > 1968-1998 > Historiographie.
Mémoire collective > Irlande.
Irlande > Histoire > 1798 (Révolte)
HISTORY > Europe > History > Ireland.
Collective memory
Historiography
Memory > Social aspects
Social conflict > Historiography
Ireland
Ireland > Ulster
Northern Ireland
1798-1998
Electronic books.
Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Forgetful Remembrance offers a new approach to the study of memory by focusing on vernacular historiographies and the notion of forgetting. Using the 1798 Irish Rebellion, Beiner explores how communities try to obscure inconvenient and uncomfortable events from the past.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191813467
019181346X
9780191066320
019106632X