ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC: MIGRATION, GENDER, AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY IRISH LITERATURE
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC: MIGRATION, GENDER, AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY IRISH LITERATURE
Author(s): Maria Amor Barros-Del RioSubject(s): Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, Migration Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: Irish women; migration; literature; society;
Summary/Abstract: Contemporary Irish literature has a noticeable interest in women’s diasporic experiences in the 20th century. This article analyses the construction process of a new society in America in four selected novels, focusing on the physical and emotional (dis)locations undergone by their female characters. The underlying tensions between their actual experiences and the Irish national discourse are studied from a gender perspective. The depressed Irish context and the existing networks overseas are detected as determinant factors that shape the construction of a gendered society overseas.
Journal: Journal of Research in Gender Studies
- Issue Year: 6/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 83-89
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
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