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Fieldnotes from Celtic Palestine

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Fieldnotes from Celtic Palestine

Contributors:
ISBN:

9781837721894

Publisher:

University of Wales Press

Imprint:

University of Wales Press

Publication Date:

22nd October 2025

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Professional and Scholarly

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Memoirs

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

248

Dimensions:

Width 138mm, Height 216mm

Description

Fieldnotes from Celtic Palestine embodies a new type of sociological writing that weaves ethnography with memoir as well as fusing other convention-breaking literary forms, styles and devices. In its innovative analysis of the rhetorical power of the creative works of four Celtic witnesses to the conflict in Palestine, three Irish and one Welsh, it explores how the creative practitioner may effectively engage in political persuasion and activism without compromising their art. The book also reflects upon a series of encounters in the field between the author and various individuals political prisoners, diplomats, members of terrorist organisations, members of the security services, journalists and politicians, and also ordinary people making their lives in a society profoundly shaped by brutal ethno-political occupation and conflict. Amongst these encounters is that of being served tea by the daughter of a Hamas suicide bomber, and that of being taken to Jewish settlements regarded as illegal under international law.

Author Bio

Diarmait Mac Giolla Chrost is professor at Cardiff University and a fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Geographical Society.

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