Gender, Ireland and Cultural Change: Race, Sex and Nation

ISBN-13: 9780415957908 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 274 str.

Geradin Meaney

Opis

In this study, Meaney analyses the role of gender in Irish cultural change from the 1890s to the present. Including discussions of writers including James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, and Eavan Boland, the first half of the book looks at the relationships between gender and national identities and the recognized major political and cultural movements of the twentieth century. The second half of the book critiques contemporary film, television, and popular music in order to understand new modes of writing, reading and viewing Irishness.

Recenzje

'Gender, Ireland and Cultural Change is a valuable contribution to the fields of Irish studies and media studies, but also to more general conversations around the interstices between gender, race and national identity.' - Cultural and Social History

Spis treści

Introduction Part I: Race, Women and Nation Chapter One: Virgin Mother Ireland Chapter Two: Landscapes of Desire: Women and Ireland in Twentieth Century Film Chapter Three: Feminisms, Nationalisms and Identities: Gender and Dissent Part II: Writing, Bodies, Canons Chapter Four: Modernism and the Gender of Writing Chapter Five: Haunting James Joyce: Invisible Bodies Chapter Six: The Sons of Cuchulainn: Violence, the Family, and the Irish Canon Part III: Race, Masculinity and Popular Culture Chapter Seven: The Devil’s Own Patriot Games: The Troubles and the Hollywood Action Movie Chapter Eight: Masculinity and Ethnicity: The Wire and Rescue Me Chapter Nine: The Undercover Irishman: Extimating National Anxiety Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

Gerardine Meaney is Professor of Cultural Theory at UCD Dublin and the author of (Un)Like Subjects: Women, Theory, Fiction.