MacPherson / Unknown / Hickman Women and Irish diaspora identities

Theories, concepts and new perspectives
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1241-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Compares Irish women across the globe over the last two centuries, setting this research in the context of recent theoretical developments in the study of diaspora

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

MacPherson, D. A. J.

Hickman, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Irish diaspora studies: theories, concepts and new perspectives – D. A. J. MacPherson and Mary J. Hickman
Part I: concepts and theories
1. Irish women and the diaspora: why they matter – Mary E. Daly
2. Thinking through transnational studies, diaspora studies and gender – Breda Gray
Part II: Irish women and the diaspora in Britain
3. Exploring religion as a bright and blurry boundary: Irish migrants negotiating religious identity in Britain – Louise Ryan
4. Irish-Catholic women and modernity in 1930s Liverpool – Charlotte Wildman
5. The thermometer and the travel permit: Irish women in the medical profession in Britain during World War II – Jennifer Redmond
6. Reflecting on gender and generation differences in celebrating St Patrick’s Day in London – Mary J. Hickman
Part III: Irish women and the diaspora in the British world
7. Placing Irish women within and beyond the British Empire: contexts and comparisons – Bronwen Walter
8. Border crossings: being Irish in nineteenth-century Scotland and Canada – S. Karly Kehoe
9. Irish Protestant women and diaspora: Orangewomen in Canada, c.1890-1930 – D. A. J. MacPherson
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hickman Mary:
Mary J. Hickman is Professor of Irish Studies at St Mary's University, LondonD. A. J. MacPherson is Lecturer in History at The Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands

Mary J. Hickman is Professor of Irish Studies at St Mary's University, London