Construction of Irish Identity in Americ

Zusatztext "With this book! Dowd makes an original! major contribution to the study of Irish American culture and literature! and to literature and cultural studies in general. Recommended." --D. W. Madden! California State University! Sacramento! Choice"One can imagine it providing ample material for discussion in courses on ethnicity or Irish-American Literature."-- Irish Literary Supplement Informationen zum Autor Christopher Dowd is Assistant Professor of English at the University of New Haven. Klappentext This book examines the development of literary constructions of Irish-American identity from the mid-nineteenth century arrival of the Famine generation through the Great Depression. It goes beyond an analysis of negative Irish stereotypes and shows how Irish characters became the site of intense cultural debate regarding American identity, with some writers imagining Irishness to be the antithesis of Americanness, but others suggesting Irishness to be a path to Americanization. Dowd reestablishes the importance of Irish ethnicity to many characters that have come to be misread as generically white and shows how Irishness is integral to their stories. Zusammenfassung Examines the development of literary constructions of Irish-American identity from the mid-nineteenth century arrival of the Famine generation through the Great Depression. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Staging Ireland in America 2: "Sivilizing" Irish America 3: The Invisible Ethnicity 4: Replacing the Immigrant Narrative Afterword: Huck Finn’s People Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Christopher Dowd, Christopher (University of New Haven Dowd, Dowd Christopher
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.2010
• EAN: 9780415880435
• ISBN: 978-0-415-88043-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature; Routledge Transnational Perspe; Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, North America, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Literature: history and criticism