Nation States: The Cultures of Irish Nationalism

by Michael Mays

Drawing on diverse cultural forms, and ranging across disciplinary boundaries, Nation States maps the contested cultural terrain of Irish nationalism from the Act of Union of 1800 to the present. In looking at Irish nationalism as a site of struggle, Mays examines both the myriad ways in which the nation fashions itself as the a priori ground of identity, and those processes through which nationalism engenders an ostensibly unique national identity corresponding to one and only one nation-state, the place where we always have been, and can only ever be, 'at home.'

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting and engrossing study on the culture of Irish Nationalism from a literary, social, and political point of view. Mays delves deeper into the aspects, contributions, and thoughts attached to both the Ulster Protestant and the Northern Catholics without becoming too confusing or too philosophical.