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Women and Irish diaspora identities : theories, concepts and new perspectives / edited by D.A.J. MacPherson and Mary J. Hickman.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Hickman, Mary J., editor.
MacPherson, D. A. J., 1974- editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Irish--Foreign countries.
Irish.
Women--Travel--Ireland.
Women.
Ireland--Emigration and immigration.
Ireland.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 188 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital file(s).
Place of Publication:
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2014.
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, [2016]
System Details:
data file
Summary:
Bringing together leading authorities on Irish women and migration, this book offers a significant reassessment of the place of women in the Irish diaspora. It compares Irish women across the globe over the last two centuries, setting this research in the context of recent theoretical developments in the study of diaspora. This collection demonstrates the important role played by women in the construction of Irish diasporic identities, assessing Irish women's experience in Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. This book develops a conversation between other locations of the Irish diaspora and the dominant story about the USA and, in the process, emphasises the complexity and heterogeneity of Irish diasporan locations and experiences.
Contents:
Introduction : Irish diaspora studies and women : theories, concepts and new perspectives / D.A.J. MacPherson and Mary J. Hickman
part I. Concepts and theories
Irish women and the diaspora : why they matter / Mary E. Daly
Thinking through transnational studies, diaspora studies and gender / Breda Gray
part II. Irish women and the diaspora in Britain
Exploring religion as a bright and blurry boundary : Irish migrants negotiating religious identity in Britain / Louise Ryan
Irish-Catholic women and modernity in 1930s Liverpool / Charlotte Wildman
The thermometer and the travel permit : Irish women in the medical profession in Britain during World War Two / Jennifer Redmond
Reflecting on gender, generation and ethnicity in celebrating St Patrick's Day in London / Mary J. Hickman
part III. Irish women and the diaspora in the British world
Placing Irish women within and beyond the British Empire : contexts and comparisons / Bronwen Walter
Border crossings : being Irish in nineteenth-century Scotland and Canada / S. Karly Kehoe
Irish Protestant women and diaspora : Orangewomen in Canada, c. 1890-1930 / D.A.J. MacPherson.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781526112408
152611240X
9781526112415
1526112418
OCLC:
981875145

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