{"product_id":"i-wouldnt-start-from-here-the-second-generation-irish-in-britain-paperback","title":"I Wouldn't Start From Here: The Second-Generation Irish in Britain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRay French\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMoy McCrory\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKath McKay\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to showcase second generation Irish writers in Britain. In the past, many Irish immigrants kept their heads down, but here, second generation writers, not quite British, not quite Irish, tell their own stories. Essays about music, family, and history lead into new fiction and poetry that take us beyond shamrocks, leprechauns and pints of Guinness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writers explore questions of identity and belonging and ask: where is home - here or Ireland?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIan Duhig\u003c\/strong\u003e charts how the 'tough-lived' life of his parents' generation finds its way into the 'dream-songs' of his poetry. \u003cstrong\u003eSean Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e focuses on second generation Irish musicians in England and explores how Kevin Rowland used the music of Dexys to express his Irish identity. \u003cstrong\u003eGraham Caveney\u003c\/strong\u003e examines how Shane MacGowan's mouth came to epitomise the figure of the drunken Paddy, obscuring more interesting ways of seeing him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoy McCrory\u003c\/strong\u003e explores what authenticity and belonging mean to a writer, and reflects on a Catholic past with its imagery of saints and miracles. \u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Baines\u003c\/strong\u003e writes about her father, 'caught between two stereotypes, the contemptible rough Irish peasant and the romantic Irish charmer, desperate to bury the one but unable to help playing up to the other'. \u003cstrong\u003eRay French's\u003c\/strong\u003e father dreamt of leaving a Welsh town 'clotted with factories, docks and noisy, crowded streets' and returning to the simple life in rural Ireland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTony Murray\u003c\/strong\u003e discusses how the Archive of the Irish in Britain preserves the heritage and achievements of the diaspora. \u003cstrong\u003eMarc Scully\u003c\/strong\u003e focuses on diverse Irish communities in Britain today, and how they sustain their hybrid identities. \u003cstrong\u003eMaude Casey\u003c\/strong\u003e looks back at her experience of activism and the increased hostility towards the Irish community in Britain in the 1980s. \u003cstrong\u003eJohn O'Donoghue\u003c\/strong\u003e claims asylum in poetry and by recognising himself as 'a child of the diaspora ... in a city as real and big and dirty as London'. \u003cstrong\u003eKath Mckay\u003c\/strong\u003e probes the Irish influence on the 'most un-English' city of Liverpool, her home town. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith wit and elan, these writers hold up a mirror to the diverse and complicated experience of the Irish in Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith fiction and poetry from Elizabeth Baines, Maude Casey, Ray French, Maria C. McCarthy, Moy McCrory, Kath Mckay and John O'Donoghue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 254\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185629249785,"sku":"9781999375317","price":24.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VEhSd25xcVord0l5V3o3WEljQVN0UT09.webp?v=1767816401","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/i-wouldnt-start-from-here-the-second-generation-irish-in-britain-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}