Border violence in Eugene McCabe's Victims trilogy

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In 1976 RTÉ broadcast three plays by Eugene McCabe which were set in the border area of south Fermanaghorth Monaghan and which focused on the effects of the conflict between the Provisional IRA and the security forces as this was played out within the local Protestant and Catholic farming communities. Largely ignored by academic work on the literature of the Troubles, this article argues that they provide a challenge to a simple postcolonialist reading of border antagonisms by their implicit registering of the class tensions within each communal bloc.View full textDownload full textKeywordsEugene McCabe, border, IRA, postcolonialism, ethnic cleansingRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09670882.2011.565943