Going to my father's house : a history of my times
Joyce, Patrick, 1945-2021
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Patrick Joyce's parents moved from Ireland in the 1930s and made their home in west London. But they never really left the homeland. And so as he grew up among the streets of Paddington and Notting Hill and when he visited his family in Ireland, he felt a tension between notions of home, nation and belonging. 'Going to My Father's House' charts the historian's attempt to make sense of these ties and to see how they manifest in a globalised world. He explores the places - the house, the street, the walls and the graves - that formed his own identity. He asks what place the ideas of history, heritage and nostalgia have in creating a sense of our selves. He concludes with a plea for a history that holds the past to account but also allows for dynamic, inclusive change.
Main title:
Going to my father's house : a history of my times / Patrick Joyce.
Author:
Joyce, Patrick, 1945-, author
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2021.
Collation:
368 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781839763243 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.085092R941.085092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3153957