Field Day and the translation of Irish identities
performing contradictions
by Aidan O'Malley
"This book examines Field Day Theatre's cultural intervention into the Northern Irish Troubles through individual readings of the fourteen plays produced by the enterprise. It argues that at the heart of this project were performances, in a variety of different forms and registers, of an ethics of translation that disrupted notions of Irish identity"--
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History and criticism, Theater, English drama, Translating and interpreting, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Translations into English, Drama, Group identity in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Field Day Theatre Company, National characteristics, Irish, in literature, Irish authors, History, Theater, ireland, Nationale kenmerken, Toneel, EngelsPeople
Brian Friel, Stephen Rea, Seamus Heaney, Seamus Deane, Tom Paulin, Thomas Kilroy, Stewart Parker, Derek Mahon, Terry EagletonPlaces
Ireland, Northern Ireland, DerryTimes
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Field Day and the translation of Irish identities: performing contradictions
2011, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer
in English
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Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--European University Institute, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book examines Field Days cultural intervention into the Northern Irish Troubles through individual readings of the fourteen plays produced by the enterprise. It argues that at the heart of this project were performances, in a variety of different forms and registers, of an ethics of translation that disrupted notions of Irish identity.
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