Matthew Barlow, Griffintown : Identity and Memory in an Irish Diaspora Neighbourhood

Abstract

In this monograph based on his PhD dissertation, Matthew Barlow writes a biography of Griffintown whilst tracing the memory work - the stories “created, recreated, reinforced, and projected about it over the past century” - that has shaped the Montreal locality (7). It is these stories and narratives, examined through the lenses of diaspora and memory studies, which are Barlow’s critical contribution. Griffintown has been the subject of much amateur attention in the last decades. Thus, Barlow...