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Anomalous States: Irish Writing and the Post-Colonial Moment (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
$21.95
Anomalous States is an archeology of modern Irish writing. David Lloyd commences with recent questioning of Irish identity in the wake of the northern conflict and returns to the complex terrain of nineteenth-century culture in which those questions of identity were first formed. In five linked essays, he explores modern Irish literature and its political contexts through the work of four Irish writers?Heaney, Beckett, Yeats, and Joyce.
Beginning with Heaney and Beckett, Lloyd shows how in these authors the question of identity connects with the dominance of conservative cultural nationalism and argues for the need to understand Irish culture in relation to the wider experience of colonized societies. A central essay reads Yeats's later works as a profound questioning of the founding of the state. Final essays examine the gradual formation of the state and nation as one element in a cultural process that involves conflict between popular cultural forms and emerging political economies of nationalism and the colonial state. Modern Ireland is thus seen as the product of a continuing process in which, Lloyd argues, the passage to national independence that defines Ireland's post-colonial status is no more than a moment in its continuing history.
Anomalous States makes an important contribution to the growing body of work that connects cultural theory with post-colonial historiography, literary analysis, and issues in contemporary politics. It will interest a wide readership in literary studies, cultural studies, anthropology, and history.

Finding the Future: A Science Fiction Conversation (Documentary)
$15.99
I saw this DVD (before it was released) at the NOREASCON4 World Science Fiction Convention here in Boston back in September 2004.

At the end of the show, as I left the room, the first thing I said in response to the question "How did you like it?" was ... "Can I buy a copy?" I have been patiently waiting for it's release ever since .. and waiting .. and waiting.

The production quality of the show I saw was not "hollywood" quality, since many (most?) of the scenes were shot *at* various conventions over the years, with handheld cameras, often in crowded hotel rooms .. BUT the famous faces mixed in with just plain FANS all telling us different aspects of SciFi Fandom make an excellent story.

Lost Time
$0.99

Trapped In Time EP [CD on Demand]
$9.00
Anomalous Leaf's second musical venture released is an EP which consists of a few polished tracks left over from between the recording sessions of the artist's previous unreleased independent albums which were recorded during 2006-2008.This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.