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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462009603321

Autore

Mac Giolla Chriost Diarmait

Titolo

Jailtacht : the Irish language, symbolic power and political violence in Northern Ireland 1972-2008 / / Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-299-20133-4

0-7083-2497-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

306.4409416

Soggetti

Irish language - Political aspects - Northern Ireland

Irish language - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Style; Performance; Visual Grammar; Ideology; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

THIS BOOK TELLS THE DRAMATIC AND OFTEN SURPRISING STORY OF THE LEARNING OF THE IRISH LANGUAGE BY IRISH REPUBLICAN PRISONERS HELD IN THE INFAMOUS H-BLOCK CELLS DURING THE BLOODY POLITICAL CONFLICT IN NORTHERN IRELAND.