Format:
Online-Ressource (310 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780814785027
Series Statement:
Nation of Newcomers
Content:
After all the green beer has been poured and the ubiquitous shamrocks fade away, what does it mean to be Irish American besides St. Patrick's Day? Who's Your Paddy traces the evolution of ""Irish"" as a race-based identity in the U.S. from the 19th century to the present day. Exploring how the Irish have been and continue to be socialized around race, Jennifer Nugent Duffy argues that Irish identity must be understood within the context of generational tensions between different waves of Irish immigrants as well as the Irish community's interaction with other racial minorities. Using histo
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Who's Your Paddy? Irish Immigrant Generations in Greater New York; 1. From City of Hills to City of Vision: The History of Yonkers, New York; 2. Good Paddies and Bad Paddies: The Evolution of Irishness as a Race-Based Tradition in the United States; 3. Bar Wars: Irish Bar Politics in Neoliberal Ireland and Neoliberal Yonkers; 4. They're Just Like Us: Good Paddies and Everyday Irish Racial Expectations; 5. Bad Paddies Talk Back; 6. Paddy and Paddiette Go to Washington: Race and Transnational Immigration Politics; Conclusion: To Belong; Notes
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IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814744130
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814785027
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Who's Your Paddy? : Racial Expectations and the Struggle for Irish American Identity
Language:
English
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