No Man's Land: Irish Women and the Cultural Present

By Sarah O'Connor

This book explores bilingualism and translation in contemporary women's writing. The author argues that the 'in-between' or interstitial linguistic areas of bilingualism, translation and regionalism provide a language and imagery suitable for the expression of a specifically female consciousness. Throughout the book, she draws on the work of writers and critics in both Irish and English to construct a new method of reading Irish women's writing in the latter half of the twentieth century and the early years of the twenty-first. These bold new readings demonstrate that the concept of interstitiality or the 'in-between' can enrich our understanding not only of Irish women's literature in itself but also of the culture that produces this literature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034301111
• ISBN13: 9783034301114
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"