Irish Feminist Futures

ISBN-13: 9780367871604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 172 str.

Claire Bracken

Opis

The Celtic Tiger (circa 1995–2008) was a time of extraordinary and radical change, in which Ireland’s economic, demographic, and social structures underwent significant alteration. Examining a range of literary, filmic, and critical texts by Irish women, Irish Feminist Futures analyzes how futurity structures representations o

Spis treści

Introduction: Feminism, futurity, and the Celtic Tiger  1. Interrogating the Subject: Alienation in Irish postmodernity  2. ‘The Promise of Her’: Celtic Tiger Girls and connective-selfhood  3. Time Machines and Nomadic Travelling: Past and present post/modernities  4. ‘Narratives of Voyage’: Restricted mobilities, migrancy, and the Celtic Tiger imaginary  Conclusion

O autorze

Claire Bracken is an associate professor in the English Department at Union College, New York, USA. Her publications focus on Irish literature and culture, post-feminism, feminist criticism, and women's writing.