Book DescriptionThe North of Ireland has long been plagued by violent conflict, and dramatic works from that region often reflect the ongoing social turmoil This book uses trauma theory to analyze dramatic productions from the North of Ireland After a person is initially exposed to violence, their sense of identity is ruptured In an effort to shield одьят themselves from trauma, victims then construct identities, but those identities do not fully integrate traumatic experiences Ultimately, some individualssuccessfully assimilate their exposure to traumatic events This book examines how dramatic productions reflect the rupture in the factors that inform identity, the attempted yet failed efforts to reconstruct identity, and the more successful attempts torefashion a conception of self in relation to community, continuity, and communion with the mythic.  Salgari2003 г 224 стр ISBN 0313320292.