Outsiders inside: whiteness, place and Irish women

Walter, Bronwen (2001) Outsiders inside: whiteness, place and Irish women. UNSPECIFIED. ISBN 9780203432174

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Abstract

Notions 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.

Item Type:	Book
Additional Information:	Citation: Walter, B., 2001. Outsiders inside: whiteness, place and Irish women. London: Routledge..
Faculty:	ARCHIVED Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (until September 2018)
Depositing User:	Repository Admin
Date Deposited:	30 May 2013 10:19
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2019 16:05
URI:	http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/293027

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