Jailtacht - the Irish Language, Symbolic Power and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1972-2008
| Author/creator | Chriost, Diarmait Mac Giolla Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Caerdydd, Cardiff : University of Wales Press Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor] |
| Description | 280 p. ill 23.400 x 015.600 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation Jailtachtclosely analyzes the emergence of the Irish language among republican prisoners and ex-prisoners in Northern Ireland from the 1970s to the present. This pioneering study shows how, despite the efforts of prison authorities to suppress the language, in some parts of the prison it became the exclusive language used by prisoners. Drawing on interviews with these prisoners, Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost shows how these developments gave rise to the popular coinage of the term Jailtacht, a deformation of Gaeltachtthe official Irish-speaking district of the Republic of Irelandto describe this unique linguistic phenomenon. He goes on to trace the dramatic impact this politically rooted adoption of the language had on Irish society both at the time and in the subsequent decades. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780708324967 |
| ISBN | 0708324967 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780708324967 |
| Stock number | 00027462 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |