Migrations : Ireland in a global world / edited by Mary Gilmartin and Allen White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gilmartin, Mary, 1969-

White, Allen (College teacher)

Series:

Irish society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--Ireland.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Ireland.

Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History.

History.

Society.--ukslc.

Local Subjects:

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects--Ireland.

Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History.

Society.--ukslc.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xiv, 248 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, United Kingdom : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

This edited collection explores Ireland's complex relationship with migration in novel and innovative ways. The contributors - leading scholars of migration from the disciplines of anthropology, geography, history, media studies, sociology, sociolinguistics and women's studies - draw on new research to provide insights into emigration from and immigration to Ireland, both past and present.

Contents:

Part I Networks

1 Transnational networks across generations: childhood visits to Ireland by the second generation in England / Bronwen Walter Walter, Bronwen 17

2 'Two Irelands beyond the sea': exploring long-distance loyalist networks in the 1880s / William Jenkins Jenkins, William 36

3 Migrant integration and the 'network-making power' of the Irish Catholic Church / Breda Gray Gray, Breda 55

4 Ireland's diaspora strategy: diaspora for development? / Mark Boyle Boyle, Mark, Rob Kitchin Kitchin, Rob, Delphine Ancien Ancien, Delphine 80

5 Transnational media networks and the 'migration nation' / Aphra Kerr Kerr, Aphra, Rebecca King-O'Riain King-O'Riain, Rebecca, Gavan Titley Titley, Gavan 98

Part II Belonging

6 Children's words, children's worlds: exploring the experiences of migrant children in Ireland / Allen White White, Allen, Naomi Tyrrell Tyrrell, Naomi, Fina Carpena-Méndez Carpena-Méndez, Fina, Caitríona Ní Laoire Laoire, Caitríona Ní 117

7 African migrants in Ireland: the negotiation of belonging and family life / Liam Coakley Coakley, Liam 132

8 (Re)negotiating belonging: the Irish in Australia / Patricia M. O'Connor O'Connor, Patricia M. 147

9 Betwixt, between and belonging: negotiating identity and place in asylum seeker direct provision accommodation centres / Angèle Smith Smith, Angèle 164

Part III Intersections

10 A countertopography of migrant experience in Ireland and beyond / Deirdre Conlon Conlon, Deirdre 183

11 Unbounding migration studies: the intersections of language, space and time / Bettina Migge Migge, Bettina, Mary Gilmartin Gilmartin, Mary 199

12 Context, scale and generation: the constructions of belonging / Jamie Goodwin-White Goodwin-White, Jamie 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780719085512

0719085519

OCLC:

849209436