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Other People's Diasporas : Negotiating Race in Contemporary Irish and Irish-American Culture / Sinead Moynihan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moynihan, Sinéad.
- Series:
- Irish studies (Syracuse, N.Y.)
- Irish studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Race identity.
- African Americans.
- Irish Americans--Race identity.
- Irish Americans.
- Black people--Race identity--Ireland.
- Black people.
- White people--Race identity--Ireland.
- White people.
- Immigrants in motion pictures.
- Immigrants in literature.
- Race in motion pictures.
- Race in literature.
- Irish Americans--Intellectual life.
- Ireland--Intellectual life.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With the economic rise of the "Celtic Tiger" in the 1990s, Irish culture was deeply impacted by a concurrent rise in immigration. A nation tending to see itself as a land of emigrants suddenly saw waves of newcomers. In this book, Moynihan takes as her central question a formulation by sociologist Steve Garner: "What happens when other people's diasporas converge on the homeland of diasporic people?" Approaching the question from a cultural rather than a sociological vantage point, Moynihan delves into fiction, drama, comedy, and cinema since 1998 to examine the various representations of and insights into race relations. "Other People's Diasporas" draws upon the recent fiction of Joseph O'Connor, Roddy Doyle, and Emma Donoghue; films directed by Jim Sheridan and Eugene Brady; drama by Donal O'Kelly and Ronan Noone; and the comedy of Des Bishop to present a highly original and engaging exploration of contemporary Irish discourses on race.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Crossing the Black and Green Atlantics""; ""2 “Maybe It Was Riverdance""""; ""3 Playing the Race Card""; ""4 Stand(ing) Up for the Immigrants""; ""5 To Hell�s Kitchen and Back""; ""Epilogue""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780815652120
- 0815652127
- OCLC:
- 867740810
- Publisher Number:
- heb40055 hdl
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