Women and the Irish Diaspora (Transformations) [Paperback]

Breda Gray (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415260027 | ISBN-13: 978-0415260022 | Publication Date: December 12, 2003 | Edition: 1

Women and the Irish Diaspora looks at the changing nature of national and cultural belonging both among women who have left Ireland and those who remain. It identifies new ways of thinking about Irish modernity by looking specifically at women's lives and their experiences of migration and diaspora. Based on original research with Irish women both in Ireland and in England, this book explores how questions of mobility and stasis are recast along gender, class, racial and generational lines. Through analyses of representations of 'the strong Irish mother', migrant women, 'the global Irish family' and celebrity culture, Breda Gray further unravels some of the complex relationships between femininity and Irish modernity(ies).

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About the Author

Breda Gray is Senior Lecturer, Women's Studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Limerick.
Edited by Maureen McNeil, Lynne Pearce and Beverley Skeggs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 12, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415260027
• ISBN-13: 978-0415260022
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,566,908 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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