Ireland's Others: Ethnicity and Gender in Irish Literature and Popular CultureIreland's Others is a collection of essays by noted literary and cultural critic Elizabeth Butler Cullingford. In this volume, Cullingford assesses attempts by Irish writers to reverse hostile colonial stereotypes by creating analogies between their situations and those of other oppressed people. She analyzes the political costs and benefits of these analogies, and considers the plight of "others" within Ireland, including women, gays, travelers, and abused children. Cullingford illuminates the connection between gender, sexuality, and national identity by comparing modern Irish literature with contemporary Irish and American popular culture. Exploring the work of Boucicault, Shaw, Friel, Jordan, McGuinness, and others, she considers the impact of globalization on Irish culture. |
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... stereotype , but a Welsh nationalist who suffered burns while . preparing to fire - bomb English second homes in Wales . Even the national character is showing cracks : the outpouring of grief on the death of Princess Diana was striking ...
... stereotypes . Recognizing that the sun has set on the Empire , both Jordan and McGuinness compromise the ' imperial ... stereotype fits awkwardly . If Michael is a stage Englishman he is devoid of Etonian swag- ger : he is absurdly ...
... stereotype of Irish identity . This plaster model of a white thatched ' Irish cottage ' , a ' cosy homestead ' that mocks the reality of his own squalid house , declares that a mother's love is always a blessing . Both the cot- tage and ...
Contents
and the Politics of Empathy | 13 |
Anticolonial Metaphors | 99 |
Analogy and Ambiguity in the Irish Western | 161 |
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