Irish Diasporic Narratives in Argentina: A Reconsideration of Home, Identity and Belonging

ISBN-13: 9781906165666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 270 str.

Sinead Wall

Opis

This book analyses how notions of departure, home, identity and return are articulated in the narratives of the Irish diaspora community in Argentina in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It argues that their writings contribute to a rich and nuanced reimagining of the Irish emigrant identity.

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Setting the Scene: Irish Diasporic Voices in Argentina - Irish Roots/Routes in Latin America - Missionaries, Soldiers and Settlers - The Road to Argentina - Unsettling Notions of Home, Return and Identity - John Brabazon: Mediating and Contesting Identity - William Bulfin: Extending the Boundaries of Irishness - Kathleen Nevin: (En)Gendering Diaspora and the «Tainted» Returnee.

O autorze

Sinéad Wall (1973-2016) was a senior lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Westminster, London. She completed her doctoral thesis at University College London and her principal research interests were in the cultural expressions of Irish migration to Latin America, and travel writing.