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

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Barry Hazley

Life History and the Irish Migrant Experience in Post-War England

Myth, Memory and Emotional Adaption

Barry Hazley

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Manchester University Press
03 May 2022

European history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Oral history; Migration, immigration & emigration

Series: Manchester University Press

This book makes innovative use of migrant life histories to further understanding the role of memory in the production of migrant identities.

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 the post-war Irish experience, it interrogates the interaction between lived experience, personal memory and cultural myth to further understanding of the work of memory in the production of migrant subjectivities. Based on richly contextualised case studies addressing experiences of emigration, urban life, work, religion, and the Troubles in England, chapters shed new light on the collective fantasies of post-war migrants and the circumstances that formed them.

By: Barry Hazley
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781526163752
ISBN 10: 1526163756
Series: Manchester University Press
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 03 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barry Hazley is Derby Fellow in the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool and AHRC Research Fellow in History at the University of Manchester

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

'This work is a refreshing analysis of the Irish in England that keeps the Irish people themselves in the foreground. [...] an original piece of work that sheds new light on the emotional and psychological aspects of Irish migrant life in England during this period. Hazley deserves credit for keeping the individual at the centre of an analysis where broad themes such as emigration, assimilation, and gender are explored, while also managing to emphasize wider patterns experienced by the Irish migrant community as a whole.' Twentieth Century British History -- .