Loading...

Voyages between France and Ireland

Culture, Tourism and Sport

by Frank Healy (Volume editor) Brigitte Bastiat (Volume editor)
Edited Collection XIV, 376 Pages

Summary

The voyage – the quest, the odyssey, the expedition – is one of the driving forces of civilisation. From ancient times to the present day, human beings have travelled through necessity (wars, persecutions, economic and political pressures), by vocation (religious and humanitarian) and for pleasure (tourism, culture and sport).
A voyage intensifies our perception of self, leading us to define and redefine our identity in the liminal space where we are confronted with the Other. This often leads to a change of perspective in our attitudes to culture, identity and politics.
The sea is an important feature of the geography of both Ireland and France, so it is perhaps unsurprising that voyages occupy such an important place in the history of both countries. This volume explores aspects of French and Irish society, past and present, through the prism of the voyage. The contributors focus on a wide range of topics, including cultural tourism, literature, gastronomy and sport, in order to trace the ebb and flow of the exchanges between these two countries and their continued influence on one another.

Details

Pages
XIV, 376
ISBN (PDF)
9781787077362
ISBN (ePUB)
9781787077379
ISBN (MOBI)
9781787077386
ISBN (Softcover)
9783034322645
DOI
10.3726/b11426
Language
English
Keywords
Voyage Culture Identity
Published
Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2017. XIV, 376 pp., 13 b/w ill., 5 fig.

Biographical notes

Frank Healy (Volume editor) Brigitte Bastiat (Volume editor)

Frank Healy is a senior lecturer in English for Academic Purposes at the University of La Rochelle and a member of the CRHIA (Research Centre for International Atlantic History). He worked for many years as an immunologist on the molecular basis of identity and published extensively in this field. More recently, he has been working on sociological aspects of identity, focusing on the assimilation of the Irish in Scotland. Brigitte Bastiat teaches English at the University of La Rochelle and is an associate member of the CRHIA (Research Centre for International Atlantic History). She has published on identities, gender representations, the women’s press in Ireland and France, Irish theatre and Irish, British and American cinema.

Previous

Title: Voyages between France and Ireland