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From outsiders inside: whiteness, place and Irish women
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posted on 2023-07-26, 13:08 authored by Bronwen WalterNotions of diaspora are central to contemporary debates about 'race', ethnicity, identity and nationalism. Yet the Irish diaspora, one of the oldest and largest, is often excluded on the grounds of 'whiteness'. Outsiders Inside explores the themes of displacement and the meanings of home for these women and their descendants. Juxtaposing 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. In an age when the Northern Ireland peace process is rapidly changing global perceptions of Irishness, 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.
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1648-1651Number of pages
3201Publisher
New York University PressPlace of publication
New York, NYTitle of book
The Field Day anthology of Irish writing, Volume V: Irish women's writing and traditionsISBN
9780814799079Editors
Angela Bourke, Siobhán Kilfeather, Maria Luddy, Margaret Mac Curtain, Gerardine Meaney, Máirín Ni Dhonnchadha, Mary O’Dowd, Clair WillsLanguage
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2013-05-30Legacy Faculty/School/Department
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