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Gender, Ireland, and cultural change : race, sex, and nation /

By: Meaney, Gerardine, 1962-.
Series: Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature ; 13.Publisher: London : Routledge, 2010Description: xxii, 251 pages : 23 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415896474; 9780415896474:; 0415896479.Subject(s): Sex role in literature | Nationalism in literature | English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism | English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Nationalism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Feminism and literature -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 820.99415 | MEA
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Virgin Mother Ireland -- Landscapes of desire : women and Ireland in twentieth-century film -- Feminisms, nationalisms and identities : gender and dissent -- Modernism and the gender of writing -- Haunting James Joyce : invisible bodies -- The sons of Cuchulaiin : violence, the family and the Irish canon -- The devils's own patriot games : the Troubles and the Hollywood action movie -- Masculinity and ethnicity : The Wire and Rescue Me -- The undercover Irishman : extimating national anxiety -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This study analyzes the role of gender in Irish cultural change from the 1890s to the present, exploring literature, the relationships between gender & national identities, & the recognized major political & cultural movements of the 20th century.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Virgin Mother Ireland -- Landscapes of desire : women and Ireland in twentieth-century film -- Feminisms, nationalisms and identities : gender and dissent -- Modernism and the gender of writing -- Haunting James Joyce : invisible bodies -- The sons of Cuchulaiin : violence, the family and the Irish canon -- The devils's own patriot games : the Troubles and the Hollywood action movie -- Masculinity and ethnicity : The Wire and Rescue Me -- The undercover Irishman : extimating national anxiety -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This study analyzes the role of gender in Irish cultural change from the 1890s to the present, exploring literature, the relationships between gender & national identities, & the recognized major political & cultural movements of the 20th century.

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