{"product_id":"9781041034766","title":"Writing the Working Class and the Troubles in the North of Ireland","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Studies in Irish Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWriting the Working Class and the Troubles in the North of Ireland\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCiara McAllister\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ European \/ English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting the Working Class and the Troubles in the North of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e is the first monograph-length study to assess the role that class has played in both the literary and dramatic construction of the Troubles (1969-98). Through its attention to issues of form, audience and authorship, as well as the intracategorical complexity of the working class, the monograph argues that reductive representations of working-class communities serve an ideological purpose, and that the capacity to challenge dominant narratives is contained by the literary mode of production. The analysis is underpinned by readings of space and place, with the urban centres of Belfast and Derry examined in addition to working-class neighbourhoods and homes, and considerable attention is given to the location of the writer and the real or imagined audience. Drawing upon a range of theoretical paradigms and schools of thought – including Marxism, feminism, intersectionality, postcolonialism, queer theory, critical race theory – the book compares a broad selection of representative texts and develops a fuller understanding of the complexities of class in Northern Ireland. With a growing interest in representations of class within literature, this book is of interest to scholars of Irish literature and drama, as well as international scholars of cultural studies, labour history, and working-class literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCiara McAllister\u003c\/b\u003e is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Keough-Naughton Institute of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame. She was previously a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Galway and has lectured in Drama and English at Queen’s University Belfast. Her research examines and compares theatre and the novel in Ireland in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with a particular focus on representations of class, gender, ethnonationalism, and violence. Ciara is Prizes Officer for the Irish Society for Theatre Research and a writer, facilitator, and project lead for Front and Centre NI. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781041034766\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e216\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63585144176780,"sku":"9781041034766","price":210.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781041034766","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}