Gender, Ireland, and cultural change : race, sex, and nation / Gerardine Meaney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meaney, Gerardine, 1962-

Series:

Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 13.

Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Irish authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Irish authors.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature--Women authors.

Feminism and literature--Ireland--History--20th century.

Feminism and literature.

Nationalism and literature--Ireland--History--20th century.

Nationalism and literature.

Nationalism and feminism--Ireland--History--20th century.

Nationalism and feminism.

Race in literature.

Sex role in literature.

National characteristics, Irish, in literature.

History.

Ireland--In literature.

Ireland.

Ireland--In popular culture.

Physical Description:

xxii, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Contents:

Part I. Race, women, and nation: Virgin mother Ireland; Landscapes of desire: women and Ireland in twentieth-century film; Feminisms, nationalisms, and identities: gender and dissent

Part II. Writing, bodies, canons: Modernism and the gender of writing; Haunting James Joyce: invisible bodies; The sons of Cuchulainn: violence, the family, and the Irish canon

Part III. Race, masculinity, and popular culture: The devil's own patriot games: the troubles and the Hollywood action movie; Masculinity and ethnicity: The wire and Rescue me; The undercover Irishman: extimating national anxiety.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415957908

0415957907

9780203859582

0203859588

OCLC:

456977442

Publisher Number:

99938627657

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