Stephen Watt

From the 'Troubles' to Trumpism

Ireland and America, 1960-2023

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Produktbeschreibung

From the 'Troubles' to Trumpism: Ireland and America, 1960-2023 is a history inspired by contemporary Irish literature and also an op-ed that identifies parallels between the socio-economic causes of conflict in Northern Ireland and one possible outcome of Trumpism in contemporary America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781839992643
• ISBN-10: 1839992646
• Artikelnr.: 70171114

Autorenporträt

Stephen Watt is Provost Professor of English Emeritus and Former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Dreams, Books, and Overdetermination; Chapter 1: “No Irish Need
Apply”: From Immigration to American Presidents in Ireland; Provocation 1:
Trumpism and Troubles: Climatic Censorship, Authoritarian Populism, and the
Religious Right; Chapter 2: The Long Road to Good Friday, I: From JFK to
the Carter Initiative; Provocation 2: “A Careening Circus of Pratfall
Embarrassments”: Donald Trump in Ireland; Chapter 3: The Long Road to Good
Friday, II: From Reagan to Clinton and Beyond; Provocation 3: Imagined
Communities and Historical Memory, “Trump Time” and Troubles Time; Chapter
4: Reading Our Troubles: Seamus Heaney and the Biden Presidency;
Provocation 4: Dangerous Demagogues, Fictional and Otherwise; Conclusion:
Victims and Martyrs, Troubles and Civil Wars