Outsiders Inside : Whiteness, Place and Irish Women

ISBN-13: 9780415123983 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 320 str.

Bronwen Walter

Opis

There are over one million Irish women currently living in Britain, a greater number than from any other ex-colonial origin, yet they still represent the hidden part of an almost invisible ethnic group. What is the impact of the intrinsic gendering of notions of Irishness from outsiders? What implications does this have for second generation Irish women? The book explores the intersections between gender, racism and ethnicity. Its focus on place facilitates an examination of the specific aspects of the colonial experience by counterpoising the very different outcomes of Irish women's emigration to and settlement within Britain and the United States. The author provides a basis for Irish women's experiences within the range of white and black ethnicities and links cultural constructs of gendered ethnicity and racism to material conditions of everyday life.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Diaspora: key concepts and contexts 2 Outside the Pale: Irish women in the United States of America 3 Inside the Pale: constructions of Irish women's place in Britain 4 Material lives in Britain: geographical contexts of settlement and work 5 Everyday encounters: lived realities of racialisation in post-war Britain 6 Meanings of home: identities and belonging 7 Doubled relationships of displacement and placement: Irish women in Bolton, Conclusion

O autorze

Bronwen Walter is Senior Lecturer in Social Geography at Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge. She is a leading researcher of the Irish in Britain.