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Language, Identity and Liberation in Contemporary Irish Literature 2009th Edition
Author(s): J. Keating-Miller (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 30 Nov. 2009
- Edition: 2009th
- Language: English
- Print length: 200 pages
- ISBN-10: 0230237509
- ISBN-13: 9780230237506
Book Description
Ireland’s history of contested language systems has always been linked to its political realities; Language, Identity and Liberation attends to a movement of contemporary Irish writing that considers the significance of the region’s tumultuous cultural, social and political history in portrayals of contemporary Ireland’s everyday life and speech.
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Winner of the 2010 Michael J. Dukan prize for Best Book in Irish Language and Culture from the American Conference for Irish Studies
About the Author
JENNIFER KEATING-MILLER was born in Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland but moved to California in 1988. She studied English and History at the University of Rochester, USA, graduating Magna cum Laude with Highest Distinction and Research Honors. She earned a Doctorate in English at the University of Pittsburgh in 2009. She will begin to work at Carnegie Mellon University in June 2009.
