Postcolonial Identities: Constructing the "New Irish"
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This book sheds light on the diaspora experience of the “new” Irish, the refugees and asylum-seekers who are changing the face of many of Ireland’s villages and towns that until recently had been emptied by widespread emigration. The economic “miracle” that has transformed Ireland in the past decade has been accompanied by much rhetoric regarding multiculturalism, integration and dialogue with the newer peoples and cultures that now live in Ireland. As of yet, however, there has been few attempts to chronicle or engage in dialogue with the many different aspects of the diaspora experience that define these “new” Irish, the young Irish who will carry a renewed and exciting new Irish identity into the future. One of the greatest challenges facing Irish society and the indeed the Irish educational sector is how best to harness the benefits of the wide range of cultural experiences, values and peoples that are now part of the Irish cultural fabric. This book is one of the first attempts at such a new an exciting intercultural dialogue in Ireland. It is only through such a process of dialogue that we may uncover a “new politics of truth” (Foucault, 1977), a new discourse and a more productive understanding of the relationship that now exists between the various strands of Ireland’s multicultural society.
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Dr. Michael Hayes works as a Lecturer (part-time) at the University of Limerick where he lectures on a number of History, Politics and Social Studies courses incorporating Traveller, Roma and Migration Studies. He completed a PhD. on the subject of Irish Travellers and the Irish settled (non-Traveller) community’s perception of this minority. He has also published six books about the socio-cultural history and development of a number of different (traditionally nomadic) groups within the Irish Traveller community The Candlelight Painter (2004); Parley-Poet and Chanter (2004); Canting with Cauley (2005); A Compendium of Fairground Speech (2005); Counter-Hegemony and the Irish "Other (2006); Otherness and Identity in Modern Ireland: The Case of Irish Travellers and the Immigrant Roma (2006). These books chart the attempts of these communities to counter their portrayal as “deviant Others” within the modern Irish state. His book Irish Travellers: Representations and Realities is due to be published by Liffey Press, Dublin in June, 2006. He also works in the area of Asylum and Asylum-process - in particular the policy implications and effects of present-day Asylum procedures as applicable within the EU and Ireland. He has been involved in community work with Travellers, asylum-seekers and other marginalised groups both in Liverpool, England and in Limerick, Ireland for the past twelve years.
