| Portraying Irish Travellers: Histories and Representations |
| Cambridge Scholars Publishing Titles in Print (or soon to be) as of 2008-08-15 | |
| isbn: 9781847187642 | Title: Portraying Irish Travellers: Histories and Representations |
| Binding: Paperback | Editor: Ciara Bhreatnach and Aoife Bhreatnach Date of Publication: 2008-09-01 |
| UK: £14.99 US: $29.99 | This edited volume offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the history of Irish Travellers. Scholars from anthropology, history, literary studies and socio-linguistics explore the methodological problems that arise when a marginalised minority is portrayed by an established and powerful majority population. Each chapter addresses how different sources illuminate settled and Traveller history alike. With new research and perspectives from a number of disciplines, Irish Travellers: Histories and Representations is a welcome consideration of a neglected aspect of Irish society; the relationship between Irish Travellers and the majority, settled population. Although Irish Travellers are a conspicuous minority in contemporary Irish society, their past existence is often ignored. The contributors to this volume demonstrate a range of sources and approaches that prove Travellers deserve a place in the narrative of Ireland. This book will appeal to scholars interested in majority-minority relations generally, and the example of Ireland in particular. Dr Ciara Bhreatnach is a lecturer at the Department of History, University of Limerick. Dr Aoife Bhreatnach is an Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Post-Doctoral Fellow at NUI Maynooth.
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