Life History and the Irish Migrant Experience in Post-War England: Myth, Memory and Emotional Adaption

by Barry Hazley

Book Overview

Life history and the Irish migrant experience offers a fresh perspective on the significance of England's largest post-war migrant group for current debates on identity and difference in contemporary Britain. The first book to apply Popular Memory Theory to the Irish Diaspora, it opens new lines of critical enquiry within scholarship on the Irish in modern Britain. Combining innovative use of migrant life histories with cultural representations of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526163756
• ISBN13: 9781526163752
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"