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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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D.A.J. MACPHERSON AND MARY J. HICKMAN: Women and Irish diaspora identities: Theories, concepts and new perspectives; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Notes on contributors; INTRODUCTION: Irish diaspora studies and women: 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 |
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3. Exploring religion as a bright and blurry boundary: Irish migrants negotiating religious identity in Britain: Louise Ryan4. 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 Two: Jennifer Redmond; 6. Reflecting on gender, generation and ethnicity in celebrating St Patrick's Day in London: Mary J. Hickman; PART III: Irish women and the diaspora in the British world |
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7. Placing Irish women within and beyond the British Empire: contexts and comparisons: Bronwen Walter8. 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
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Print version record |
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Irish -- Foreign countries.
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Women -- Travel -- Ireland
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
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Emigration and immigration
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Irish -- Foreign countries
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Women -- Travel
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| SUBJECT |
Ireland -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
J. Hickman, Mary
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| ISBN |
9781526112415 |
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1526112418 |
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9781526112408 |
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152611240X |
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