Publishing the Irish Identity
Emma Fay
Abstract
Ireland at the turn of the 20th century was experiencing a postcolonial shift. The society had become entirely integrated with British culture and was now facing a period of disarray and the struggle to identify what it truly meant to be Irish. This article explores the role of the publishing industry in identifying that Irish identity. Largely run by the writers themselves, the industry movements represented, as publishing often does, every aspect of this struggle. It was a time of nationalist conflict and the role of the publishing industry had the power to either diminish or create a nationalist identity. The interplay between what Ireland was as a colony, what Ireland could potentially have been and how this was viewed in Ireland, Britain and around the world are explored within the frameworks of Pierre Bourdieu, Linda H. Peterson and Pascale Casanova.
Emma Fay
Abstract
Ireland at the turn of the 20th century was experiencing a postcolonial shift. The society had become entirely integrated with British culture and was now facing a period of disarray and the struggle to identify what it truly meant to be Irish. This article explores the role of the publishing industry in identifying that Irish identity. Largely run by the writers themselves, the industry movements represented, as publishing often does, every aspect of this struggle. It was a time of nationalist conflict and the role of the publishing industry had the power to either diminish or create a nationalist identity. The interplay between what Ireland was as a colony, what Ireland could potentially have been and how this was viewed in Ireland, Britain and around the world are explored within the frameworks of Pierre Bourdieu, Linda H. Peterson and Pascale Casanova.