From outsiders inside: whiteness, place and Irish women
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posted on 2023-07-26, 13:08authored byBronwen Walter
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.
History
Refereed
Yes
Page range
1648-1651
Number of pages
3201
Publisher
New York University Press
Place of publication
New York, NY
Title of book
The Field Day anthology of Irish writing, Volume V: Irish women's writing and traditions
ISBN
9780814799079
Editors
Angela Bourke, Siobhán Kilfeather, Maria Luddy, Margaret Mac Curtain, Gerardine Meaney, Máirín Ni Dhonnchadha, Mary O’Dowd, Clair Wills
Language
other
Legacy posted date
2013-05-30
Legacy Faculty/School/Department
ARCHIVED Faculty of Arts, Law & Social Sciences (until September 2018)