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The Irish in Us: Irishness, Performativity, and Popular Culture

The Irish in Us: Irishness, Performativity, and Popular Culture

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ISBN10: 0822337282
ISBN13: 9780822337287
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Feb 22 2006
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Over the past decade or so, Irishness has emerged as an idealized ethnicity, one with which large numbers of people around the world, and particularly in the United States, choose to identify. Seeking to explain the widespread appeal of all things Irish, the contributors to this collection show that for Americans, Irishness is rapidly becoming the white ethnicity of choice, a means of claiming an ethnic identity while maintaining the benefits of whiteness. At the same time, the essayists challenge essentialized representations of Irishness, bringing attention to the complexities of Irish history and culture that are glossed over in Irish-themed weddings and shamrock tattoos.

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