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This book debunks the myths of the Irish in America,
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This review is from: Irish America (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) (Paperback)
Usnig data gathered from over 500 interviews conducted with Irish-Americans in Albany, NY in the early 1990s, Byron's book shows how "Irishness" is constructed in contemporary America. Arguing that people mix knowledge of their own ancestors and genealogy in with widely held myths that the Great Famine and English oppression forced Catholics to leave Ireland, the book examines the commercialisation of Irish ethnicity in the USA at the end of the Twentieth Century. With chapters centred on issues like contests over the meaning of St. Patrick's Day in America's northeast in the 1990s, this book is a welcome change from other discussions of the Irish in America that focus mainly on biographies of famous Irish-Americans or nineteenth century immigration data and experiences.
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Irish America (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Reginald Byron (Paperback - February 24, 2000)
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