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Persson, Å. (2021). 'Imagine being so suddenly useless': Unemployment, Vulnerability and the Irish Financial Crash in Donal Ryan's The Spinning Heart. In: Henry, Alastair & Persson, Åke (Ed.), Engaging with Work in English Studies: An Issue-Based Approach (pp. 21-44). Cham: Springer
Open this publication in new window or tab >>'Imagine being so suddenly useless': Unemployment, Vulnerability and the Irish Financial Crash in Donal Ryan's The Spinning Heart
2021 (English)In: Engaging with Work in English Studies: An Issue-Based Approach / [ed] Henry, Alastair & Persson, Åke, Cham: Springer, 2021, p. 21-44Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The economic boom in Ireland, referred to as the Celtic Tiger, resulted in a financial merry-go-round, where there were few restrictions controlling the financial institutions. This in turn created a financial bubble that ultimately burst, resulting in the financial crash in 2008. At both the individual and collective levels, the crash was devastating, causing severe unemployment and economic hardship, even poverty among many segments of the population, re-shaping the landscape of work in Ireland. This chapter explores the pain and vulnerability following the crash as represented in Donal Ryan’s novel The Spinning Heart (2012). The novel offers a hard-hitting critique of irresponsible constructors and employers, a reality ultimately made possible by a corrupt and dysfunctional political culture.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2021
Keywords
The Irish economic boom, the Celtic Tiger, unemployment, the crash
National Category
General Literature Studies Specific Languages Economics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-17488 (URN)10.1007/978-3-030-69720-4 (DOI)9783030697198 (ISBN)9783030697204 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-09-24 Created: 2021-09-24 Last updated: 2021-10-29Bibliographically approved
Henry, A. & Persson, Å. (2021). Introduction: Engaging with Worki n Worlds of Change. In: Henry, Alastair & Persson, ÅKe (Ed.), Engaging with Work in English Studies: An Issue-Based Approach (pp. 1-17). Cham: Springer Publishing Company
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction: Engaging with Worki n Worlds of Change
2021 (English)In: Engaging with Work in English Studies: An Issue-Based Approach / [ed] Henry, Alastair & Persson, ÅKe, Cham: Springer Publishing Company, 2021, p. 1-17Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In a globalized world, English Studies is in need of transformation. Serving as an introduction to the anthology, this chapter makes the case for an issue-based approach to English Studies where engagement is sought with fields beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. From the position that English Studies can be understood as a form of participatory action — where English Studies is brought into the world and the world is brought into English Studies — the chapter examines practices of work in contemporary society, and previews the volume’s contributions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer Publishing Company, 2021
Keywords
English, Globalization, Redefinition, Work practices, Individuality
National Category
Specific Languages General Language Studies and Linguistics
Research subject
Child and Youth studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-17487 (URN)9783030697198 (ISBN)9783030697204 (ISBN)
Available from: 2021-10-15 Created: 2021-10-15 Last updated: 2022-01-04Bibliographically approved
Persson, Å. (2018). ’Mixed-up mess of a botched family’:: Re-Locating 'the Family' in Siobhán Parkinson's Teen Novel Sisters... No Way!. In: Agnès Maillot, Jennifer Bruen (Ed.), Non-Violent Resistance: Counter-Discourse in Irish Culture (pp. 53-69). Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group
Open this publication in new window or tab >>’Mixed-up mess of a botched family’:: Re-Locating 'the Family' in Siobhán Parkinson's Teen Novel Sisters... No Way!
2018 (English)In: Non-Violent Resistance: Counter-Discourse in Irish Culture / [ed] Agnès Maillot, Jennifer Bruen, Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2018, p. 53-69Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Bern: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2018
Series
Studies in Franco-Irish Relations, ISSN 1864-273X ; 11
National Category
General Literature Studies
Research subject
HUMANITIES, English
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-13400 (URN)10.3726/b11403 (DOI)978-1-78707-711-9 (ISBN)978-1-78707-712-6 (ISBN)978-1-78707-713-3 (ISBN)978-1-78707-714-0 (ISBN)
Available from: 2019-01-11 Created: 2019-01-11 Last updated: 2019-03-15Bibliographically approved
Persson, Å. (2018). Revisiting the Grand Narrative of the Easter Rising 1916: Quakerism, Resistance and Reconciliation in Siobhán Parkinson's Teen Novels Amelia and No Peace for Amelia. In: : . Paper presented at International Symposium Children’s Literature: Uses of Children’s Literature in Political Contexts; 13-14 juni, Göteborgs Universitet.. Gothenburg: Gothenburg University
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Revisiting the Grand Narrative of the Easter Rising 1916: Quakerism, Resistance and Reconciliation in Siobhán Parkinson's Teen Novels Amelia and No Peace for Amelia
2018 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Gothenburg: Gothenburg University, 2018
Keywords
Litteraturvetenskap, Engelsk litteratur, politik
National Category
General Literature Studies
Research subject
HUMANITIES, English; HUMANITIES, Literary studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-13401 (URN)
Conference
International Symposium Children’s Literature: Uses of Children’s Literature in Political Contexts; 13-14 juni, Göteborgs Universitet.
Available from: 2019-01-11 Created: 2019-01-11 Last updated: 2019-08-21Bibliographically approved
Persson, Å. (2018). ’Where love can have its way’: Conformity versus Resistance in Brendan Kennelly's Version of Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding (Bodas de sangre). In: Lawrence J. Trudeau (Ed.), Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism: criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers who lived between 1900 and 1999 from the first published critical appraisals to current evaluations (pp. 102-113). Detroit: Gale Group
Open this publication in new window or tab >>’Where love can have its way’: Conformity versus Resistance in Brendan Kennelly's Version of Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding (Bodas de sangre)
2018 (English)In: Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism: criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers who lived between 1900 and 1999 from the first published critical appraisals to current evaluations / [ed] Lawrence J. Trudeau, Detroit: Gale Group, 2018, p. 102-113Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Detroit: Gale Group, 2018
Series
Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism, ISSN 0276-8178 ; 367
National Category
Specific Literatures
Research subject
HUMANITIES, English
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-13399 (URN)9781410379542 (ISBN)
Available from: 2019-01-11 Created: 2019-01-11 Last updated: 2019-02-27Bibliographically approved
Persson, Å. (2017). Betraying the Age: Brendan Kennelly's Mission. In: Lawrence J. Trudeau (Ed.), Poetry Criticism: Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets of World Literature. Vol. 183 (pp. 294-299). Farmington Hills, Mich: Gale and Layman Poupard Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Betraying the Age: Brendan Kennelly's Mission
2017 (English)In: Poetry Criticism: Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets of World Literature. Vol. 183 / [ed] Lawrence J. Trudeau, Farmington Hills, Mich: Gale and Layman Poupard Publishing , 2017, p. 294-299Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Farmington Hills, Mich: Gale and Layman Poupard Publishing, 2017
Keywords
Poetry, criticism
National Category
Specific Literatures
Research subject
HUMANITIES, Literary studies; HUMANITIES, Linguistics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-11857 (URN)978-1-4103-2967-7 (ISBN)
Available from: 2017-11-30 Created: 2017-11-30 Last updated: 2017-12-01Bibliographically approved
Persson, Å. (2016). "Mixed-up mess of a botched family': Re-Locating 'the Family' in Siobhán Parkinson's Teen Novel Sisters... No Way!". In: : . Paper presented at SOFEIR (French Society of Irish Studies) Annual International Conference, Dublin City University, Ireland, 10-12 March, 2016. Dublin
Open this publication in new window or tab >>"Mixed-up mess of a botched family': Re-Locating 'the Family' in Siobhán Parkinson's Teen Novel Sisters... No Way!"
2016 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Dublin: , 2016
Keywords
Literature analysis, novel
National Category
Specific Literatures
Research subject
HUMANITIES, Literary studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-11896 (URN)
Conference
SOFEIR (French Society of Irish Studies) Annual International Conference, Dublin City University, Ireland, 10-12 March, 2016
Available from: 2017-12-11 Created: 2017-12-11 Last updated: 2017-12-11Bibliographically approved
Persson, Å. (2015). Homelessness and Belonging in Siobhán Parkinson’s Young Adult Novel Breaking the Wishbone. In: Lynch, John & Dodou, Katherina (Ed.), 14th International Conference of the Spanish Association for Irish Studies: Discourses of Inclusion and Marginalisation: Minority, Dissident and Mainstream in Irish Identities. Paper presented at 14th AEDEI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 28-30 May, 2015 Granada.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Homelessness and Belonging in Siobhán Parkinson’s Young Adult Novel Breaking the Wishbone
2015 (English)In: 14th International Conference of the Spanish Association for Irish Studies: Discourses of Inclusion and Marginalisation: Minority, Dissident and Mainstream in Irish Identities, 2015Conference paper, Oral presentation only (Refereed)
National Category
Specific Literatures
Research subject
Child and Youth studies; HUMANITIES, Literary studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-9006 (URN)
Conference
14th AEDEI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 28-30 May, 2015 Granada
Available from: 2016-02-05 Created: 2016-02-05 Last updated: 2019-03-15Bibliographically approved
Persson, Å. (2013). Crossing Borders: Transgenderism as Resistance in Patrick McCabe's Breakfast on Pluto. NIS: Nordic Irish Studies, 12, 41-58
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Crossing Borders: Transgenderism as Resistance in Patrick McCabe's Breakfast on Pluto
2013 (English)In: NIS: Nordic Irish Studies, ISSN 1602-124X, E-ISSN 2002-4517, Vol. 12, p. 41-58Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
General Literature Studies
Research subject
HUMANITIES, English
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-5844 (URN)
Available from: 2014-01-02 Created: 2014-01-02 Last updated: 2019-11-26Bibliographically approved
Persson, Å. (2013). Ireland (1ed.). In: Andersson Hval, Ulrika, Henry, Alastair & Bergström, Catharine Walker (Ed.), Postcolonial Texts and Events: Cultural Narratives from the English-Speaking World (pp. 37-83). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ireland
2013 (English)In: Postcolonial Texts and Events: Cultural Narratives from the English-Speaking World / [ed] Andersson Hval, Ulrika, Henry, Alastair & Bergström, Catharine Walker, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2013, 1, p. 37-83Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2013 Edition: 1
Keywords
irländsk litteratur (engelskspråkig)
National Category
General Literature Studies
Research subject
HUMANITIES, English
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-5845 (URN)9789144070698 (ISBN)
Available from: 2014-01-02 Created: 2014-01-02 Last updated: 2019-11-27Bibliographically approved
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ORCID iD: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0002-3231-7649

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