Sightlines
Author | : Eileen Kane |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2022-10-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781487545352 |
ISBN-13 | : 1487545355 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Download or read book Sightlines written by Eileen Kane and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the 1960s, and Ireland is hoping to join what will later become the European Union. The government has devised a plan to stem emigration and save the Irish language by supporting small factories in the Gaeltacht, traditional Irish-speaking villages in remote western areas. But is the plan working? With her signature humor and charm, Eileen Kane transports the reader to County Donegal with a detailed account of rural Irish life during this period of rapid change. This is a story about people living beyond the margins of maps, boundaries, language groups, and government departments – people bound by borders that have little or no correspondence to their own cultural, economic, and historical margins. Ultimately, it is a story about life on the edges, and the places and people who fall outside them.