| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) |
| Series |
Gender, racism, ethnicity |
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Gender, racism, ethnicity.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Diaspora: key concepts and contexts; Outside the Pale: Irish women in the United States of America; Inside the Pale: constructions of Irish women's place in Britain; Material lives in Britain: geographical contexts of settlement and work; Everyday encounters: lived realities of racialisation in post-war Britain; Meanings of home: identities and belonging; Doubled relationships of displacement and placement: Irish women in Bolton; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Outsiders Inside explores the themes of displacement and the meanings of home for these women and their descendants. This work juxtaposes the visibility of Irish women in the United States with their marginalization in Britain. Bronwen Walter challenges linear notions of migration and assimilation by demonstrating that two forms of identification can be held simultaneously. By exploring the life stories of Irish women living in Britain in the 1990s, she traces the inextricable links between gender, ethnicity and place in these diasporic identities." "In an age when the 'Celtic Tiger' economy and the Northern Ireland peace process are rapidly changing global perceptions of Irishness, this book reminds us that gender and race reamin powerful subtexts. Outsiders Inside moves the empirical study of the Irish diaspora out of the 'ghetto' of Irish Studies and into the mainstream, challenging theorists and policy-makers to pay attention to the issue of white diversity."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295 and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women -- Great Britain -- Identity
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Women immigrants -- Great Britain -- Social conditions
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Women -- Ireland -- Identity
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Race awareness -- Great Britain
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Irish American women -- Social conditions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Race awareness
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Women -- Identity
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Women immigrants -- Social conditions
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Great Britain
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Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585451591 |
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9780585451596 |
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1134804628 |
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9781134804627 |
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1280320915 |
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9781280320910 |
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