The Irish in Us: Irishness, Performativity, and Popular Culture

by Diane Negra

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Over the past decade or so, Irishness has emerged as an idealized ethnicity, one with which large numbers of people around the world, and particularly in the United States, choose to identify. Seeking to explain the widespread appeal of all things Irish, the contributors to this collection show that for Americans, Irishness is rapidly becoming the white ethnicity of choice, a means of claiming an ethnic identity while maintaining the benefits of whiteness...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822337401

ISBN13:9780822337409

Release Date:February 2006

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"

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