Field Day and the Translation of Irish Identities Performing Contradictions

by O'Malley, Aidan

• ISBN13: 9780230229693
• ISBN10: 0230229697
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

AIDAN OMALLEY received his Ph.D. from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. He has held appointments at New York University, University College Dublin, the University of Limerick and the University of Zagreb, and has published several articles on aspects of Irish Studies and translation

Table of Contents

Translating the Irish Past (Translations--Making History)
Translation, Home and Hospitality (The Communication Cord--Three Sisters--Boesman and Lena)
Loyal Translations: The Spirit and the Letter (The Riot Act--Pentecost)
Reciprocation and Resolution (The Cure at Troy--High Time)
Masks: Men and History (Double Cross--Saint Oscar--The Madame MacAdamTravelling Theatre)
Epilogue (Uncle Vanya--Northern Star)
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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