Abstract homes: deterritorialisation and reterritorialisation in the work of Colm Tibn

摘要

Now that Ireland has well and truly set out on the modern journey, and come to a historical moment which requires the re-evaluation of its particular forms of modernity, what alternatives might be gleaned from contemporary Irish novels, especially those presenting a post-or anti-national position? In the journey from the 'ex-isle of Erin', what if homesickness strikes? What form would it take? In the present globalising moment, is home/land now merely a memory? In this essay an analysis of a selection of Colm Tibn's novels provide one path into the problem of 'home' in contemporary Irish culture.