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The Gun and Irish Politics

Examining National History in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins

By: Raita Merivirta

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The Gun and Irish Politics

Examining National History in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins

By: Raita Merivirta

In the 1990s, Irish society was changing and becoming increasingly international due to the rise of the 'Celtic Tiger'. At the same time, the ongoing peace process in Northern Ireland also fuelled debates on the definition of Irishness, which in turn seemed to call for a critical examination of the birth of the Irish State, as well as a rethinking and re-assessment of the nationalist past. Neil Jordan's Michael Collins (1996), the most commercially successful and talked-about Irish film of the 1990s, was a timely contributor to this process. In providing a large-scale representation of the 1916-1922 period, Michael Collins became the subject of critical and popular controversy, demonstrating that cinema could play a part in this cultural reimagining of Ireland. Locating the film in both its historical and its cinematic context, this book explores the depiction of events in Michael Collins and the film's participation in the process of reimagining Irishness through its public reception. The portrayal of the key figures of Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera comes under special scrutiny as the author assesses this pivotal piece of Irish history on screen.

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Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990

Cultural Change, Endurance and Resistance

By: Leila Koivunen,Raita Merivirta

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Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990

Cultural Change, Endurance and Resistance

By: Leila Koivunen,Raita Merivirta

This edited collection re-examines the long history of Finnish-Namibian relations through the lens of colonialism without colonies as well as anti-colonialism. The book argues that although Finland never acquired colonies, Namibia was once treated in the areas of culture and knowledge formation in a manner now recognised as colonial. Namibian people's way of being in the world was transformed when the Finnish Missionary Society started its work in Owambo in 1870 and introduced Christianity and European modes of education, medicine, material culture and social practices. In time, cultural colonialism faded and during the Namibian struggle for independence from South African rule in 1966-1990 Finns took an actively anti-colonial approach. Written as a collaborative effort of Namibian, Finnish and South African scholars, this book will interest historians and students of cultural and colonial history and colonialism without colonies, as well as general readers interested in Finnish-Namibian relations.

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The Emergency and the Indian English Novel

Memory, Culture and Politics

By: Raita Merivirta

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The Emergency and the Indian English Novel

Memory, Culture and Politics

By: Raita Merivirta

This book examines the cultural trauma of the Indian Emergency through a reading of five seminal novels. It discusses the Emergency as an event that prompted the writing of several notable novels attempting to preserve the silenced and fading memory of its human rights violations and suspension of democracy. The author reads works by Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Nayantara Sahgal and Rohinton Mistry in conjunction with government white papers, political speeches, memoirs, biographies and history. The book explores the betrayal of the Nehruvian idea of India and democracy by Indira Gandhi and analyses the political and cultural amnesia among the general populace in the decades following the Emergency. At a time when debates around freedom of speech and expression have become critical to literary and political discourses, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of English literature, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, media studies, political studies, sociology, history and for general readers as well.

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Taylor & Francis

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The Emergency and the Indian English Novel

Memory, Culture and Politics

By: Raita Merivirta

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Memory, Culture and Politics

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Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990

Cultural Change, Endurance and Resistance

By: Leila Koivunen,Raita Merivirta

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Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990

Cultural Change, Endurance and Resistance

By: Leila Koivunen,Raita Merivirta

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The Gun and Irish Politics

Examining National History in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins

By: Raita Merivirta

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Examining National History in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins

By: Raita Merivirta

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Book's by Raita Merivirta

The Gun and Irish Politics

The Gun and Irish Politics

Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990

Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990

The Emergency and the Indian English Novel

The Emergency and the Indian English Novel

The Emergency and the Indian English Novel

The Emergency and the Indian English Novel

Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990

Colonial Aspects of Finnish-Namibian Relations, 1870-1990

The Gun and Irish Politics

The Gun and Irish Politics

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