Brú Isteach

Publication Instance Details #1658

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem refers to a kind of 'cultural appropriation' of native's lifestyles, or the ignorance of Western tourists, exploiting the poverty of the 'natives' to provide an experience for visitors. The man in the poem is described as being under a kind of 'attack', and is also described as not even being seen by those around him, in his own home. The tourists wonder at his humble possessions, but are unaware, or uncaring, of the poor person who actually owns them. This is a commentary on the commercialisation of native culture and lifestyle for the benefit of Westerners, while the native people who created the culture and traditions still reside in poverty.